(Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 2014) Hidatah Redzuan
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.