A5062276269- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Image Enhancement Techniques
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Color Science and Applications
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Strategic Planning and Analysis
- Image and Signal Denoising Methods
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Universiti of Malaysia Sabah
2015-2025
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2011-2018
Leiden University
2015
Abstract The discovery of multi-species synchronous spawning scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef in 1980s stimulated an extraordinary effort to document times other parts globe. Unfortunately, most these data remain unpublished which limits our understanding regional and global reproductive patterns. Coral Spawning Database (CSD) collates much disparate into a single place. CSD includes 6178 observations (3085 were unpublished) time or day for over 300 species 61 genera from 101...
Acropora is the most biologically diverse group of reef-building coral, and its richness peaks at Indo-Malay-Philippine Archipelago, centre global coral reef biodiversity. In this paper, we describe species fauna North Borneo, East Malaysia, based on review literature as corroborated by voucher specimens. Eighty-three are reported here; four 79 supported specimens that were subsequently photographed. New records for Borneo recorded 12 species, including suharsonoi Wallace 1994 was previously...
Marine litter is recognized as an increasing component of marine ecosystem pollution. In this baseline study, we document the magnitude, types, sources, and potential impacts on six coral reefs in East Sabah. We applied a simplified classification to extract abundance data from video transects. The average density was 10.7 items per 100 m2. Plastics represent 91% remaining 9% were metal, glass, wood. Most (~70%) plastics are single-use derived dumping. Discarded fishing gear accounts for...
Coral reefs in the Central Indo-Pacific region comprise some of most diverse and yet threatened marine habitats. While reef monitoring has grown throughout recent years, studies coral benthic cover remain limited spatial temporal scales. Here, we analysed 24,365 surveys performed over 37 years at 1972 sites East Asia by Global Reef Monitoring Network using Bayesian approaches. Our results show that overall surveyed not declined as suggested previous compared to regions like Caribbean....
The highest concentration of Malaysian coral reefs is found in the coastal area Semporna, eastern Sabah, which located just within boundaries Coral Triangle, maximum marine species diversity. Semporna consist five major geomorphological reef types, include lagoonal inside a proto-atoll, fringing reefs, continental patch barrier and capping an oceanic island. Surveys were carried out this to compare richness patterns scleractinian families Agariciidae, Euphylliidae, Fungiidae from nearshore...
A new scleractinian coral species, Pachyseris inattesa sp. n., is described from the Red Sea. Despite a superficial resemblance with some species in agariciid genus Leptoseris which it has been previously confused, P. n. micro-morphological characters typical of Pachyseris. This genus, once part Agariciidae, comprised five extant and widely distributed throughout tropical Indo-Pacific. It currently incertae sedis as result recent molecular analysis appears to be closely related Euphylliidae....
The coral reefs at the northernmost tip of Sabah, Borneo will be established under a marine protected area: Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) by end 2015. This area is passage where Sulu Sea meets South China and it situated border maximum biodiversity, Coral Triangle. TMP includes fringing patch on relatively shallow sea floor. Surveys were carried out to examine features in terms scleractinian species richness, benthic reef assemblages following Reef Check substrate categories, with emphasis hard...
The impacts of climate change are becoming more evident in recent years. Future projections suggest that heat stress events will likely be frequent and severe over the next century, threatening high diversity Coral Triangle. Shallow turbid reefs may help dampen some these effects as several studies have shown their inherent resilience to events. Therefore, our main goal was test this hypothesis by assessing response corals event 2020. We conducted bleaching surveys two contrasting habitats...
Initial phase of autotomy in fragmenting Cycloseris corals at Semporna, eastern Sabah, MalaysiaFree-living mushroom (Scleractinia: Fungiidae), classified by some authors as Diaseris, are known for their capacity to reproduce asexually fragmentation.They split themselves wedge-shaped segments radial skeleton dissolution.The regenerate, again, and continue this process repeatedly.It has been suggested that they bypass sexual reproduction because so-called Diaseris have not observed show a...
During daytime dives in July 2011 on the reefs of Kota Kinabalu (Sabah, Malaysia), large quantities slow-moving salps (Tunicata: Thaliacea: Salpida) were observed. Some these seen to be caught and ingested by various mushroom corals (Fungiidae) an anchor coral (Euphylliidae). The predators had complete (2–6 cm long) or partly digested salp remnants stuck inside their wide-open mouths. Salps that observed landing top did not escape. They became captured tentacles transported towards opening...
Coral-associated microbes have essential roles in promoting and regulating host function health. As climate change advances other environmental perturbations increasingly impact corals, it is becoming ever more important that we understand the composition of microbial communities hosted. Without this baseline impossible to assess magnitude direction any future changes community structure. Here, characterised both bacterial Symbiodiniaceae four coral species (Diploastrea heliopora, Porites...
Abstract Marine calcifying organisms on coral reefs face significant threats from various anthropogenic stressors. To better understand how these will respond to a rapidly changing ocean, it is crucial investigate their biomineralization across different reef environments. Despite resilience and potential as conservation hotspots, turbid reefs—projected expand throughout the 21st century—remain understudied, including limited knowledge of processes within Herein, for first time, we assess...
ABSTRACT The Semporna Priority Conservation Area (PCA), located on the southeast coast of Sabah, Malaysia, spans 7680 km 2 within Sulawesi Sea and is part Coral Triangle, known for its rich marine biodiversity. Despite ecological significance, area faces multiple anthropogenic threats. study aimed to (1) evaluate reef health by assessing live coral cover, indicator fish invertebrate density in six locations Semporna; (2) examine survey team's threat rankings with vulnerability factors...
Layang-Layang is a small island part of an oceanic atoll in the Spratly Islands off Sabah, Malaysia. As reef coral fauna this South China Sea poorly known, survey was carried out 2013 to study species composition scleractinian families Fungiidae, Agariciidae and Euphylliidae. A total 56 recorded. The addition three previously reported brings 59, consisting 32 22 Agariciidae, five Of these, are new records for Layang-Layang, which include rarely species, i.e., fungiids Lithophyllonranjithi,...
(Scleractinia: Fungiidae) are either complete individuals or fragments in various stages of fission and regeneration (Hoeksema Waheed 2011). Their fragmentation is initiated by a process radial skeleton dissolution called autotomy (Yamashiro et al. 1989; Yamashiro Nishihira 1994). Only unattached fragmenting corals known, representing the adult anthocyathus stage. The anthocaulus stage which juveniles free-living species still attached, as
Abstract Marine calcifying organisms on coral reefs are under threat from a range of anthropogenic stressors. Understanding their biomineralization pathways in different reef environments is key to unravelling response rapidly changing ocean. Turbid forecast increase throughout the 21st century and resilient conservation hotspots, yet understudied due lack information resolving processes. Herein, for first time, we assess crystallographic geochemical signatures aragonite giant clam shells...
ABSTRACT Aim As climate change increasingly threatens the world's coral reefs, enhancing their resilience by improving population connectivity for key reef species is crucial ensuring persistence. Here, we evaluate genomic structure of two common species, Pocillopora acuta and Porites sp., chosen due to divergent life histories. Thousands single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were sequenced analysed infer regional patterns in Southeast Asia, a region that harbours tremendous diversity...