A preliminary physico-chemical parameter study of Southern Johor staits for microbial activities

Abstract

Coastal marine systems are highly dynamic systems which are characterized by periodic fluctuations in environmental parameters. Microbial activities play critical roles in the remineralization of nutrient and primary production in coastal especially intertidal systems. Many of the biological and physico-chemical processes which are mediated by microorganisms occur within microenvironments which can be measured over micrometer spatial scale. This paper emphasised that the influences of physico-chemical fluctuations within coastal systems were addressed in the understanding of small-scale microbial activities.