Water quality data in a shallow and narrow Setiu Lagoon

Zuraini Zainol; Mohd Fadzil Akhir; Afifi Johari; Azizi Ali

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.106866

Water quality data in a shallow and narrow Setiu Lagoon

Data Brief. 2021 Feb 11:35:106866. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106866. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Zuraini Zainol¹, Mohd Fadzil Akhir¹, Afifi Johari¹, Azizi Ali¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Abstract

This article contains water quality data collected in a shallow and narrow Setiu Lagoon during the southwest monsoon, wet period of northeast monsoon and dry period of northeast monsoon. The surface water quality parameters, which include the temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a and nutrients (ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, and silicate) were sampled twice per day (high and low tides) at a total of eight stations. Hourly current speed and direction was obtained from mooring of two units of current meters. Compared to the Malaysia Marine Water Quality Criteria and Standard (MWQCS), nutrients in Setiu Lagoon were in Class 2. Although limited, this dataset can provide insights on the changes of water quality condition in Setiu Lagoon under the presence of anthropogenic pressures.

Keywords: Anthropogenic activities; Chlorophyll-a; Lagoon; Nutrients; Salinity; Temperature.