Volume 15 Number 4, June 2020

Journal of Sustainability Science and Management
eISSN: 2672-7226
Volume 15 Number 4, June 2020

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Annual Symposium 2019
© Penerbit UMT

Editorial

1-1

Sustainable Development Through Science, Technology, and Innovation

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]WAN MOHD AFIQ WAN MOHD KHALIK[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]WAHIZATUL AFZAN AZMI[/su_tooltip]

Original Article

2-17

Diel Variations in Density and Diversity of Micro-Phytoplankton Community in and around a Barachois-Based Oyster Culture Farm

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science & Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SOONDUR MOUNESHWAR,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science & Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]KAULLYSING DEEPEEKA,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]BOOJHAWON RAVINDRA,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”School of Earth and Environment and UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, M004 – 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]LOWE RYAN,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Japan. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] CASARETO BEATRIZ ESTELA,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Japan. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SUZUKI YOSHIMI[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science & Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius; Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; The Biodiversity and Environment Institute, Réduit, Republic of Mauritius.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]BHAGOOLI RANJEET[/su_tooltip]

18-33

Variations in the Density and Diversity of Micro-Phytoplankton and Micro-Zooplankton in Summer Months at Two Coral Reef Sites around Mauritius Island

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] SANDOOYEA SHAAMA,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius; EHU/UPV PiE, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Plentzia 48620, Spain. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] AVÉ HÉLOÏSE,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SOONDUR MOUNESHWAR,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=” Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science, and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius, Réduit 80837, Republic of Mauritius; The Biodiversity and Environment Institute, Réduit, Republic of Mauritius. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] KAULLYSING DEEPEEKA[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”EHU/UPV PiE, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Plentzia 48620, Spain; The Biodiversity and Environment Institute, Réduit, Republic of Mauritius; Institute Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]BHAGOOLI RANJEET[/su_tooltip]

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Cytochrome Oxidase I Gene Reveals Potential Cryptic Diversity of Doublewhip Threadfin Bream, Nemipterus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1854) in Peninsular Malaysia

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]TUN NURUL AIMI MAT JAAFAR,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NURLIAYANA SHARIFFUDDIN,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] SALWANI ABDULLAH,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Department of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali–3814, Bangladesh. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AHASAN HABIB[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]TAN MIN PAU[/su_tooltip]

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Uptake and Egestion of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Microbeads in the Marine Copepod Nitocra lacustris pacifica

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]TAN SUET MAY AMELIA[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SITI NOORHUDA FATIHAH SUKRI,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ANNISA NURSABRINA JAAPAR,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Ocean Polution and Ecotoxicology Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ROSWATI MD AMIN[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Ocean Polution and Ecotoxicology Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals, NIBM, 11700 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]KESAVEN BHUBALAN[/su_tooltip]

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The Diversity of Symbiodiniaceae Hosted by Palythoa tuberculosa found at the Edge of the South China Sea

[su_tooltip text=”Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]WEE HIN BOO,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] LAU YEE WAH,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SOONG KERYEA[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]REIMER JAMES DAVIS[/su_tooltip]

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Seasonal Characteristics of Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Currents in the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea

[su_tooltip text=”Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NOOR SUHADAH ISA, [/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MOHD FADZIL AKHIR,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Sciences and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]IDHAM KHALIL,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]POH HENG KOK[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Sciences and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NUR HIDAYAH ROSELI[/su_tooltip]

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Development of Potential Drought and Salinity Tolerance Rice (Oryza sativa L.) through Heterosis Breeding

[su_tooltip text=”Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ROHAYU MA’ARUP,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MUHAMMAD NURSHAFIQ AZLAN,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NOOR RASHIDAH MD RASHID[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Enza Zaden Asia Research & Development Sdn Bhd, 101, Persiaran Puncak Bougainvillea 3, 33000 Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NURUL ATHIRAH KARIM[/su_tooltip]

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Bioleaching of Kaolin with Bacillus cereus: Effect of Bacteria Source and Concentration on Iron Removal

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]YAP HAO JUN,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Biotechnology and Functional Food, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]YONG SHIH NEE,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Biotechnology and Functional Food, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]CHEAH WAN QI,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Biotechnology and Functional Food, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SYLVIA CHIENG[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]KUAN SENG HOW[/su_tooltip]

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Local Knowledge of Edible Gelam Mushroom in Terengganu

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SHYEN YEE LEE[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AQILAH MOHAMMAD[/su_tooltip]

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Distribution, Sources and Modified Degree of Contamination of Trace Elements in Linggi Estuary Surface Sediments, Malaysia

[su_tooltip text=”School of Chemistry and Environment, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Analytical Chemistry Application Group (ACA), Waste and Environmental Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MD SUHAIMI ELIAS,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”School of Chemistry and Environment, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] SHARIFF IBRAHIM,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Environmental Tracer Application Group (E-TAG), Waste and Environmental Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]KAMARUDIN SAMUDING,[/su_tooltip][su_tooltip text=”Environmental Tracer Application Group (E-TAG), Waste and Environmental Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″] JEREMY ANDY DOMINIC DAUNG,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”School of Chemistry and Environment, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NESAMALAR KANTASAMY,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Analytical Chemistry Application Group (ACA), Waste and Environmental Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SHAMSIAH AB RAHMAN[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Analytical Chemistry Application Group (ACA), Waste and Environmental Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AZIAN HASHIM[/su_tooltip]

120-129

The Impact of Seasonal Monsoons on the Morphology of a Beach Protected by Barrier Islands in Setiu, Terengganu Malaysia

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NOOR IZAM ISMAIL,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]EFFI HELMY ARIFFIN,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ROSNAN YAACOB,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=” Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MOHD LOKMAN HUSAIN[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=” Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NOR BAKHIAH BAHARIM[/su_tooltip]

130-140

Coastal Communities’ Willingness to Pay for Mangrove Ecotourism at Marudu Bay, Sabah, Malaysia

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, UMS Street, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia; UMS SIMSEA Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, UMS Street, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]FAZILAH MUSA,[/su_tooltip] [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, UMS Street, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. ” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NORASHIKEEN MOHD FOZI[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, UMS Street, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia; UMS SIMSEA Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, UMS Street, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.” position=”bottom” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]DIANA DEMIYAH MOHD HAMDAN[/su_tooltip]