Plankton and fatty acid composition of different size classes at Marang Water

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.