Marine Biology and Ecology

Research in Marine Biology and Ecology involves the group of scientists within Biology Department, Universiti Putra Malaysia and other local universities as well as international biologists and ecologists from marine, freshwater and terrestrial backgrounds, with research interests ranging from genetic of individual organisms to functional processes in local marine ecosystems. This broad research base provides the opportunity to address novel and topical issues related to local marine environment and contributing to the science of tropical marine ecosystem.
Research activities involves observations and experiments in both field and laboratory environment. The research including the discovery and understanding of the basic biology of marine plants and animals, environmentally-controlled laboratories such as behavioural, developmental, biochemistry and ecophysiological studies on marine life such as fishes, prawn, crabs and other plants species such as seaweeds and sea grasses and their function and interactions within marine communities. These involve the development of marine plants as indicators of water quality, the influence of nutrient enrichment on seagrasses, the roles of nitrogen fixation and sulfate reduction in seagrass growth, carbohydrate and fluorescent responses of sea grasses to changes in light and nutrient regimes and the effects of nutrient enrichment on tropical marine systems, systematic and dynamic of benthic and planktonic organisms in sea grasses ecosystem, toxicological studies on the coastal ecosystems, including mangroves and sea grasses, marine aquaculture, marine parasitology and techniques in marine and freshwater aquaculture, and marine conservation.
Research Group;
Prof Dr. Fatimah Mohd Yusof
Prof Dr. Tan Soon Guan
Associate Professor Dr. Siti Shapor Siraj
Associate Professor Dr. Siti Khatijah Daud
Associate Professor Dr. Japar Sidek Bujang
Associate Professor Dr. Ahmad Ismail
Associate Professor Dr. Aziz Arshad