Table 5.
Selected water quality parameters of cage culture site measured ex-situ in Santubong and Asajaya, Sarawak.
| TSS (mg/L) | NO2 (mg/L) | PO43 (mg/L) | SiO2 (mg/L) | Chlorophyll a (mg/m3) | ||
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| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Santubong | 13 Mar | 63.33±20.42 | 0.012±0.001 | 0.053±0.02 | 1.070±0.286 | 3.037±0.254 |
| 14 Mar | 52.00±32.74 | 0.034±0.009 | 0.050±0.01 | 3.509±0.275 | 2.556±1.805 | |
| 14 Oct | 27.33±2.31 | 0.046±0.002 | 0.063±0.06 | 0.579±0.354 | 7.663±0.129 | |
| Asajaya | 13 May | 655.57±258.91 | 0.015±0.00 | 0.160±0.03 | 2.740±0.090 | 5.937±0.663 |
| 14 Mar | 161.10±29.30 | 0.005±0.004 | 0.057±0.01 | 1.560±0.056 | 5.089±2.402 | |
| 14 Dec | 234.67±38.02 | 0.027±0.001 | 0.173±0.03 | 1.796±0.072 | 3.236±0.336 | |