Abstract:
This research presented the study of plankton and fatty acid composition on coastal water
Marang, Terengganu. The field sampling were conducted in two sampling stations,
Station 2 and Station 1 which all plankton were collected using 200µm, 80µm and 20µm
mesh size of plankton net. The highest density was found at Station 2 which is near to
coastal water of Kuala Thai compare to Station 1 which is 3km near to Kapas Island that
has much lower density of plankton. There are about 3 phyla, 7 classes and 44 genera
were identified. The highest abundance of phytoplankton is in phylum Bacillariophyta
which is the main dominant species are Rhizosolenia sp.
