Meetings of the Biodiversity & Ecology Journal Club Department of Biological Sciences, The National University of Singapore

"Natuna revisited: A preliminary survey of Pulau Natuna Besar"

Tzi Ming Leong*, Daisy Wowor*# and Darren Yeo*
*Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Department of Biological Sciences,
National University of Singapore.
#Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI). 

Tuesday, 25th February 2003: 3.00pm - 4.00pm

Seminar Room 4
Blk S2 Level 2, Department of Biological Sciences
The National University of Singapore
Science Drive 4

Visitors may park at Carpark 10
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About the Talk

"Possibly better known as the area from which Singapore purchases its natural gas from Indonesia, the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea, retain considerable pristine forest habitats, which support a remarkable diversity of flora and fauna. This was apparent when a combined team of researchers from Indonesia and Singapore recently conducted a faunistic survey of the largest island in the group, Pulau Natuna Besar (Pulau Bunguran).

This was a follow-up study to the landmark Anambas Expedition (March 2002), an initiative of the WORKSHOP ON MANAGING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, in which various countries bordering the South China Sea participated in a biodiversity survey of the Anambas and Natuna Islands.

This survey emphasised on freshwater crustaceans, fishes, amphibians and reptiles, and sampling was carried out at various habitats from the coast to inland, including the unspoiled forested hill slopes of Gunung Ranai, the island's highest topographical feature.

One of the aims of this trip was to produce much-needed updated checklists for the terrestrial/freshwater crustacean fauna, ichthyofauna and herpetofauna. In the course of the survey, some poorly known endemic species were "re-discovered" and several new island records, and some possibly undescribed discovered as well."

 
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