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Checklist of Lichens from Bidong Island, Terengganu

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Lichen is a composite organism lives in symbiotic relationship between algae and cyanobacteria. Lichens are plant-like, can be found living on plant, rocks and buildings. On plants, lichens can be found on barks, leaves and roots. This study aimed to create a checklist of lichen species found on trees at Bidong Island, Terengganu and to determine the relationship between lichens species  with its host tree species. Observation of lichens’ characteristics was done using stereomicroscope and identification of lichens was done based on their morphological characters by referring to the key lichen genera. All the data obtained were sorted in family composition in order to build a checklist. Results showed that 76 lichens species was found but only 55 were positively identified based on their morphological features. A total of 55 lichens specimen were collected from eight host plants were classified into 21 families.

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Acknowledgements

With highest appreciation, authors would like to extend their thanks to Ministry of Education Malaysia for the financial support (RAGS 57134), Mr. Yuzwan Mohamad from Remote sensing and GIS lab for assisting with the map, Center for research and field services for microscope availability, Laboratory of Ecology, Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu for providing the research labs and consumables to conduct this study. Our gratitude to the editors and reviewers for their critical comments which further elevates the quality of this manuscript.

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  1. Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Thilahgavani Nagappan, Nurun Najihah Abdul Latiff & Muhammad Razali Salam

  2. Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Thilahgavani Nagappan

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Nagappan, T., Abdul Latiff, N.N., Salam, M.R. (2022). Checklist of Lichens from Bidong Island, Terengganu. In: Chuan, O.M., Martin, M.B., Nurulnadia, M.Y., Afzan Azmi, W. (eds) Bidong Island. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91924-5_7

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