Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia

Sungai Pulai is blessed with seagrass beds and mangroves but at the same time exposed to the increasing industrial activities in the Straits of Johor. Samples of sediment were collected during the low tide to investigate the contribution of vegetative bottom to the community of meiobenthos and harpacticoid copepods inhabiting the estuary.Three areas, starting from the outer part of the estuary toward the river;Merambong seagrass bed, Merambong Island and Sungai Duku were chosen for the study. Salinity and dissolved oxygen is significantly different (p