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YBHG. PROFESOR DR. MUTA HARAH BINTI ZAKARIA @ YA
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FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
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NAME :
(Ybhg. Profesor Dr.) MUTA HARAH BINTI ZAKARIA @ YA
POST :
PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

FIELD OF SUPERVISION
AQUACULTURE / FISHERIES SCIENCE / MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM / MARINE BIOLOGY / MARINE ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
EDUCATION
PHD
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 2001
BACELOR SAINS
UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 1995
DIPLOMA PERTANIAN
UNIVERSITI PERTANIAN MALAYSIA, SERDANG, SELANGOR
Graduated : 1991
BOOK PUBLICATION
1. Buku Panduan Pembangunan Kurikulum Fleksibel UPM
    ISPN: 9789679604634
2. PUTRAFLEX: Guidebook for Development of UPM’s Flexible Curriculum
    ISPN: 9789679604627
3. PUTRAFLEX: UPM Flexible Curriculum
    ISPN: 9789679604610
4. UPM Academic Transformation
    ISPN: 9789679604603
5. Seagrasses: Resource status and trends in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
    ISPN: 978-425-90211-8
6. High-Impact Educational Practices (HIEPs). The Malaysian Higher Education Experience, Volume 1
    ISPN: 978-983-3225-44-6
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. Changes in macroalgae species composition, assemblage and coverage at an inter-tidal rocky shore
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
2. Fiber characteristics and papermaking of seagrass using hand-beaten and blended pulp
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
3. Intertidal Seaweeds and Their Multi-life Forms
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
4. Occurrence and Distribution of Seagrasses in Waters of Perhentian Island Archipelago, Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
5. Macroalgae Diversity and Life Forms of Inter-tidal Rocky Shores
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
6. Comparison on seaweed communities of the two rocky shores in Sarawak, Malaysia
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
7. Azolla pinnata Growth Performance in Different Water Sources
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
8. Analytic Chemical Composition and Mineral Content of Yellow velvetleaf (Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau)?s Edible Parts
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
9. Macro and micro nutrients of tropical seagrasses, Halophila ovalis, H. spinulosa and Halodule uninervis in Johore, Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
10. Seaweed community of Merambong shoal, Sungai Pulai estuary, Johore*
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
11. Germination and Seedling Development of Trapa bispinosa Roxb
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
12. Fiber characteristics in tropical aquatic plants for handmade papermaking
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - ERA
13. Suitability of Aquatic Plant Fibers for Handmade Papermaking
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
14. Utilization of Aquatic Weeds Fibers for Handmade Papermaking
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
15. Physicochemical properties of starches from seed and rhizome of Enhalus acoroides.
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
16. Macroalgae associated with Tanjung Adang Laut seagrass meadow, Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia, from 2015 to 2017
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
17. Biochemical and Antioxidant Properties of Seagrasses from Tanjung Adang Laut Shoal, Johor, Malaysia
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
18. Comparison between the senior and junior academics' perceptions on criteria in measuring teaching effectiveness
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
19. Chemical constituents and phytochemical properties of floral maize pollen
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
20. Characterization, Functional Properties and Resistant Starch of Freshwater Macrophytes
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
21. Morphological and biochemical responses of tropical seagrasses (Family: Hydrocharitaceae) under colonization of the macroalgae Ulva reticulata Forsskål
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
22. Use of Ulva reticulata as a growth supplement for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
23. Nutritional values of wild edible freshwater macrophytes
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
24. Development of a bio‑green floating system (BFAS) for the improvement of water quality, fish health, and aquaculture production
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
25. Synergistic Combination of Plants and Microbial-Rich Substrates Improves Water Quality in an Integrated Plant-Substrate System
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
26. Morphological and genetic identification of Halophila species and a new distribution record of Halophila nipponica at the Tanjung Adang Laut shoal, Johor, Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
27. Assessment of Avicennia Species Using Leaf Morphology and Nuclear Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer DNA Barcode
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
28. New distribution record of seagrass Ruppia brevipedunculata from intertidal cultivation ponds in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
29. Seagrass assisted recovery and long-term monitoring in the Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
PUBLICATION
2025
New distribution record of seagrass Ruppia brevipedunculata from intertidal cultivation ponds in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
2025
Assessment of Avicennia Species Using Leaf Morphology and Nuclear Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer DNA Barcode
2024
Morphological and genetic identification of Halophila species and a new distribution record of Halophila nipponica at the Tanjung Adang Laut shoal, Johor, Malaysia
2023
Development of a bio?green floating system (BFAS) for the improvement of water quality, fish health, and aquaculture production
2023
Nutritional values of wild edible freshwater macrophytes
2023
Synergistic Combination of Plants and Microbial-Rich Substrates Improves Water Quality in an Integrated Plant-Substrate System
2022
Use of Ulva reticulata as a growth supplement for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
2022
Morphological and biochemical responses of tropical seagrasses (Family: Hydrocharitaceae) under colonization of the macroalgae Ulva reticulata Forsskål
2021
Chemical constituents and phytochemical properties of floral maize pollen
2021
Characterization, Functional Properties and Resistant Starch of Freshwater Macrophytes
2020
Comparison between the senior and junior academics' perceptions on criteria in measuring teaching effectiveness
2019
Macroalgae associated with Tanjung Adang Laut seagrass meadow, Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia, from 2015 to 2017
2019
Biochemical and Antioxidant Properties of Seagrasses from Tanjung Adang Laut Shoal, Johor, Malaysia
2019
Physicochemical properties of starches from seed and rhizome of Enhalus acoroides.
2018
Utilization of Aquatic Weeds Fibers for Handmade Papermaking
2016
Fiber characteristics and papermaking of seagrass using hand-beaten and blended pulp
2015
Macro and micro nutrients of tropical seagrasses, Halophila ovalis, H. spinulosa and Halodule uninervis in Johore, Malaysia
2015
Suitability of Aquatic Plant Fibers for Handmade Papermaking
2015
Seaweed community of Merambong shoal, Sungai Pulai estuary, Johore*
2014
Fiber characteristics in tropical aquatic plants for handmade papermaking
2013
Intertidal Seaweeds and Their Multi-life Forms
2013
Occurrence and Distribution of Seagrasses in Waters of Perhentian Island Archipelago, Malaysia
2012
Azolla pinnata Growth Performance in Different Water Sources
2012
Comparison on seaweed communities of the two rocky shores in Sarawak, Malaysia
2012
Germination and Seedling Development of Trapa bispinosa Roxb
2010
Changes in macroalgae species composition, assemblage and coverage at an inter-tidal rocky shore
2009
Analytic Chemical Composition and Mineral Content of Yellow velvetleaf (Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau)?s Edible Parts