A Survey on Marine Biofouling in Parts of Western Borneo.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
A Survey on Marine Biofouling in Parts of Western Borneo. |
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Author :
Dennis Hill, Fatimah Abang and Caroline Tie |
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Abstract:
Biofoulers are organisms that attach to or bore into various solid substrates to be found in the sea or along coastal regions. A survey was made at four sites, namely Pulau Layang Layang off the coast of Sabah, and three coastal villages in Sarawak, Buntal Village, Muara Tebas Village and Telaga Air Village. Pulau Layang Layang is an oceanic island and almost all of the organisms found were sub-littoral species. The Sarawak villages are coastal in location in the intertidal zone. Test sites included a metal mooring chain and buoy anchored to a concrete block, a concrete jetty wall, wooden and cement covered stilts and reinforced concrete piers. Study parameters included species composition, numbers of species and abundance (measured as percentage cover). A total of 75 species, belonging to seven phyla,were found on concrete, wooden and metal substrates. On oceanic Layang-Layang algae, sponges, soft and hard corals, hydroids and ascidians were common. But in the littoral locations, molluscs and acorn barnacles were dominating. At Layang Layang encrusting algae and Coelenter-ata (corals, etc.) preferred the concrete substrate, whereas the filamentous algae, sponges and ascidians covered the metal mooring chain. At each site definite floral and faunal zonation was evident with each species in its own distinct habitat.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Dennis Hill et al. (2002). A Survey on Marine Biofouling in Parts of Western Borneo. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LVII (78): 215-235 |
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