N A KamarudinF Mohamat-YusuffS Z ZulkifliA H ZainuddinM Y AliN F M EkhsanM Z HassanA Z ArisF Md Yusoff2024-05-202024-05-202021Kamarudin, N. A., Mohamat-Yusuff, F., Zulkifli, S. Z., Zainuddin, A. H., Ali, M. Y., Ekhsan, N. F. M., ... & Yusoff, F. M. (2021). Port Dickson surface water quality status: a year with COVID-19 pandemic. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 934, No. 1, p. 012049). IOP Publishing.https://repoemc.ukm.my/handle/123456789/1324A monitoring study was conducted to assess the water quality status of surface seawater along the Port Dickson coast based on the Malaysian Marine Water Quality Index (MMWQI) and Malaysian Marine Water Quality Standards (MMWQCS) with an interval period of a year (March 2020-March 2021). In situ, water quality parameters incorporate temperature, pH, salinity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), and total dissolved solids (TDS) were measured at 14 sampling sites to evaluate the biochemical characteristics of water. Surface water samples were collected from the same sites and transported back to Universiti Putra Malaysia for nitrate (NO3-), ammonia (NH3), phosphate (PO4), biochemical oxygen demands (BOD), fecal coliform (Escherichia coli), and total suspended solids (TSS) analyses.enJournal