| Sains Malaysiana 48(11)(2019): 2405–2413   http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2019-4811-11 
                
             
           Sumber Penyumbang Karbon 
              ke dalam Sedimen Dataran Rumput Laut di Muara Sungai Pulai, Johor, 
              Malaysia   (Source
            Contributors of Carbon to Sediments in the Seagrass Meadows of Sungai Pulai
            Estuary, Johor, Malaysia)
            
           
             
           NUR HIDAYAH1, MOHAMMAD ROZAIMI1*
  & MOHD SHAHRUL MOHD NADZIR1,2
  
           
             
           1Center for Earth
            Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti
            Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
            
           
             
           2Centre
            for Tropical Climate Change System, Institute of Climate Change, Universiti
            Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
            
           
             
           Diserahkan: 25 Mac
            2019/Diterima: 15 Ogos 2019
            
           
             
           ABSTRAK
            
           Terdapat banyak kajian 
              karbon biru yang menggunakan kaedah penjejak isotop untuk mendapatkan 
              maklumat mengenai sumbangan sumber bahan organik (OM) di dalam sedimen. Objektif 
              kajian ini terbahagi kepada dua iaitu untuk mengetahui sumbangan 
              sumber kepada takungan OM dan untuk membandingkan keberkesanan penggunaan dua jenis 
              isotop stabil (δ13C dan δ15N) 
              atau satu jenis isotop stabil (δ13C) dalam menentukan sumbangan 
              OM 
              di kawasan persampelan. Sampel rumput laut, makroalga, 
              seston dan epifit di kawasan muara Sungai Pulai dianalisis dan diukur 
              menggunakan jisim aliran nisbah isotop (IRMS). Analisis isotop stabil melalui 
              R (SIAR) pula digunakan untuk menganggarkan sumbangan relatif 
              keempat-empat sumber tersebut kepada takungan OM sedimen. 
              Sampel seston mencatatkan nilai tertinggi (53 - 98%) dan rumput 
              laut mencatatkan nilai terendah (7%) dalam sumbangan OM di 
              dalam sedimen dataran rumput laut. Ini menunjukkan sumber luar (aloktonus) 
              memainkan peranan yang penting kepada penambahan zarah terampai. 
              Menggunakan dua penjejak isotop stabil, plot kepadatan menunjukkan 
              sumbangan yang lebih kecil oleh seston (96.18 - 99.82%) berbanding 
              menggunakan satu penjejak isotop stabil (89.15 - 99.75%). Terdapat 
              perbezaan bererti (p<0.05) antara nilai julat peratus kebolehpercayaan 
              (CI95%) penggunaan dua penjejak isotop stabil (δ13C dan δ15N) dan nilai julat peratus kebolehpercayaan 
              (CI95%) penggunaan satu penjejak isotop 
              stabil (δ13C). Hal ini menunjukkan nilai julat peratus kebolehpercayaan 
              (CI95%) penggunaan dua penjejak isotop stabil lebih kecil iaitu 
              bermaksud kebolehpercayaan adalah lebih tinggi melalui kaedah ini 
              dalam pemodelan sumbangan sumber OM di kawasan kajian.   
             
           Kata kunci: Bahan
            organik; isotop stabil; model pencampuran Bayesian; SIAR
  
 
             
           ABSTRACT
            
           There are many blue
            carbon studies using isotopic tracer methods to obtain information on the
            source contribution of organic materials (OM)
            in the sediment. The objectives of this research were to identify the sources
            contributing to the sediment OM pool, and to compare the
            reliability of using dual stable isotopes (δ13C
            and δ15N) or single stable isotope (δ13C)
            in determining the source contributions of OM in
            the sampling area. Seagrass, macroalgae, seston and epiphyte samples in Sungai
            Pulai estuary were analyzed and measured using isotopic ratio mass spectrometry
            (IRMS).
            The relative contribution of the four sources to the OM pool
            sediment was estimated by using Stable Isotope Analysis in R (SIAR).
            Seston recorded the highest value (53 - 98%) and seagrass recorded the lowest
            value (7%) in OM contribution in the sediments of the seagrass meadow.
            This shows that external input (allochthonous) plays an important role in the
            addition of suspended particles. By using dual stable isotope tracer, density
            plots showed a smaller range of contribution by seston (96.18 - 99.82%) than
            using a single tracer (89.15 - 99.75%). There is a significant difference
            (p<0.05) between the value of the reliability percentage range (CI95%) using
            dual stable isotope tracer (δ13C and δ15N)
            than using a single tracer (δ13C). This showed that the
            value of the reliability range (CI95%) using dual stable isotope tracer is
            smaller and therefore the realibility is higher in the modelling of source
            contributions of OM in the study area.
  
           
             
           Keywords: Bayesian
            mixing model; organic matter; SIAR; stable
            isotope
  
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