International Conference on the Straits of Malacca 15th -18th October, Penang

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 

 

 

18th October 2001 - Day 3

 

0830 - 1700                 Post Conference/Study Tours

 

 

POSTERS

 

P1                    Meiobenthic Community of Mangrove Deforested Area in

the Vicinity of Tanjung Karang

Aquaculture Area, Kuala Selangor Malaysia

Zaleha Kassim, A Ismail, and S A Halim

 

P2                    Starch and Sugars of Dugong Grass, Thalassia

hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Aschers

Phang Mun Yee, B Japar Sidik, K Misri and Z Muta Harah

 

P3                    The Mangrove Forest in Air Bangis Pasaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Eni Kamal, Japar Sidik Bujang, Saberi Othman,

Marlis Rahman and Muta Harah

 

P4                    Stand Structure of Mangrove Forest in Tumpat Delta,

Kelantan

I Kasawani, I M Sulong, H Lokman and Y Kamaruzaman

 

P5                    Biological Aspects of an Intertidal Dugong Grass

Thalassia hemprichii in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan,

Malaysia

M K Abu Hena, K Misri, B Japar Sidik, O Hishamuddin

and H Hidir

 

P6                    Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gobbies (Gobiidae)

from Malaysian Coastal Waters

S K Daud, T Mukai, B A G Idris, H Hisyamudin, I Johan

and S G Tan

 

P7                    Pelagic Molluscs in the Straits of Malacca

Hamid Rezai, F M Yusoff, Jambari Ali and

Elaheh Ranai-Rad

P8                    Pelagic Polychaetes from the Straits of Malacca

Hamid Rezai, F M Yusoff, Aziz Arshad and

Akito Kawamura

 

P9                    Centric Diatoms in the Straits of Malacca: Scanning

Electron Microscope Images

M S Zubaidah, F M Yusoff and H M Matias

 

P10                  Distribution of Planktonic Calanoid Copepods in the

Straits Of Malacca

Johan Ismail, B A G Idris, A Ismail and H Omar

 

P11                  Abundance of Common Reef Fish in Polhena and Weligama

                        Reef Sites in Southern Sri Lanka

                        K K D Dahanayake, P R T Cumaranatunga and

P B Amarasinghe

 

P12                  Larval Distribution, Abundance and Migration Pattern of the Long-Spine Snipefishes Macroramphosus scolopax in the Pacific

off Southern Japan

Juanito C Dasilao, Jr, Minoru Ishida, Shinji Uehara and

Takumi Mitani

 

P13                  Distribution and N:C Ratio of Meiobenthos in the Straits

of Malacca

                        Idris Abd Ghani, Azizul Asnir  and Johan Ismail

 

P14                  Planktonic Fish Larvae in the Straits of Malacca

                        Idris Abd Ghani, Oon Jaafar and Johan Ismail

 

P15                  Behavioral and Physiological Changes in Response to

Chemical Stimulation in  Mudskipper,

Periopthalmus chryospilos

Hassan Mohd Daud and Gunzo Kawamura

 

P16                  Phytoplankton Composition and Distribution in Marine 
                        Parks Malaysia

                        F M Yusoff, Hazel M Matias, H M Ibrahim and

Perumal Kupan

 

P17                  Genetic Structures of Populations of the Green-Lipped

Mussel Perna Viridis (Linnaeus): A Biomonitoring Agent for

the Straits Of Malacca

                        C K Yap, A Ismail, S G Tan and H Omar

 

 

 

 

P18                  Characterization of Oil-Degrading Bacteria off the Coasts of

Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, Malaysia

                        Omar Pozan, Raja Abdul Rahman, Deepa Sri Karan, Fazlinda Aziz,

                        Siti Yusnawati Che Zain and Raza Noor Zaliha

 

P19                  Distribution of Penicillium and Aspergillus in Seabed

Sediments of the Straits of Malacca

                        Faridah Abdullah and Hishamuddin Omar

 

P20                  Macrofungi from Kuala Selangor Nature Park (KSNP)

                        Faridah Abdullah

 

P21                  Verification of SeaWiFS chlorophyll-a Data of the Straits of Malacca with Data from MASDEC Cruises

                        C K Tan, H M Ibrahim and Joji Ishizaka

 

P22                  Water Quality Status of a River that Flows into the Malacca

Straits:  A Case Study of Melaka River Catchment, Langkawi

Island, Malaysia

                        Mohd Kamil Yusoff                                                                

 

P23                  Environmental Study of Port Klang Coastal Water: Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Nutrients and Bacterial Population

Hii Yii Siang and A T Law

 

P24                  The Effect of Salinity on the Growth and Physiology of

Sonneratia caseolaris

                        Loo Khai Kin, Saberi Othman, Misri Kusnan and

Japar Sidik Bujang

 

P25                  Effect of Hydrological and Climatic Parameters of Two

Fringing Reef Sites Located in Southwestern Coastal Waters

of Sri Lanka

M F M Fairoz, P R T Cumaranatunga and

P B Amarasinghe

 

P26                  Distribution and Composition of Major and Minor Elements

in Sediment Core of Tonggok Island, Kelang

Sahibin Abdul Rahim, Mohamad Md Tan and

Irwan Taslapratama

 

P27                  Distribution and Composition of Major and Minor Element

in Sediment Core of West Tanjung Harapan, Pelabuhan

Kelang

Mohamad Md Tan, Sahibin Abd Rahim, Zulfahmi Ali

Rahman and Amir Ismail

 

 

P28                  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Solution for Water

Pollution in Malacca Straits

L Marryanna, H M Ibrahim, Y Kamil and

M S  Abdul Rashid

 

P29                  Detergent Level in Coastal Waters off Port Dickson and its

Effect on Primary Productivity, Chlorophyll-a and Growth Rate

of Nannochloropsis sp. and Chaetoceros sp.

                        Kennedy A Aguol, O Hishamuddin and M Razali                 

 

P30                  Hydrocarbon and Sewage Pollution in the Coastal Waters

off Port Dickson, Straits of Malacca

A T Law, Cheong Yee Kuan, Jong Khiam Jan

and Sue Teak Hong

 

P31                  Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Copper, Zinc, Lead and

Vanadium on the Sargassum sp. in Port Dickson (Straits

of Malacca) and its Effect on Photosynthesis and Respiration

Ali Dadolahi, M Kusnan, H Omar  and A Ismail

 

P32                  Source Identification of PAHs in Mussels from the Straits of Malacca

A Mashinchian, M P Zakaria, H A Jambari, F M Yusoff

and M I Yaziz  

 

P33                  Adsorptivity of Hydrocarbons on Locally Available Materials

Mok Mun Loong, A T Law, A Jusoh and N A M Shazili

 

P34                  Typing of Hemolytic-Positive and Hemolytic-Negative of

Listeria Species Isolated from Fermented Fish by

Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis

                        P Endang, H Zaiton, I Ahmad, A M Sahilah and R Son

 

P35                  Genomic Polymorphism of a Bioindicator Bacteria

(Eschericia coli)

Arij M Abd Eljawad, N S Mariana, R Rozita, J Faizah,

W M Z Somarny and V  Neela

 

P36                  Molecular Screening of Sponges for Antimicrobial and

Enzyme Genes

                        J Faizah and N S Mariana

           

 

P37                  A Standard Inoculum for Biodegradability Evaluation

S S Chen, Hasnah Mohd Zin, Wan Mazlina Wan Hussein

and Y N  Tan

 

 

 

P38                  Identification and Analysis of Partial Ki-ras Proto-Oncogene

Sequence in Liver of Flatfish, Psettodes erumei from the

Straits of Malacca 

F Fong, M Shariff, M Azmi and A R Raha

 

P39                  The Effect of the Sponges Extract on Bacterial Pathogens

                        of Patients in Malaysian Hospitals

Mariana Nor Shamsudin

 

P40                  Treatment of Organic Waste in Sediment by Using

Marine Insect Larvae (Diptera: Ephydiredae): A

Preliminary Study

Lim Peik Lee, A T Law, A  Arshad and Mohd Kamil

Abdul Rashid

 

P41                  Effectiveness of a Dual-Stage Microbial Treatment on Crude Oil Contaminated Marine Sediment        

                        Hii Yii Siang, A T Law, N A M Shazili and

                        M K Abdul Rashid

 

P42                  Verification and Enhancement of Oil Spill Trajectory Model

Oiltraj for the Straits of Malacca

Wong Yuen Yee and K S Low

 

14th October 2001

15th October 2001 (Day 1)

16th October 2001 (Day 3)

18th October 2001 (Day 4) Post conference/Study Tours & Posters