Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement

An investigation to determine the drift pattern of aquatic insects in an upstream river in Perak, Malaysia was carried out. Drift was sampled by collecting drifting insects using drift sampler at every six hourly intervals within 24-hours period. A total of 3147 individuals of drifting aquatic insec...

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Main Authors: Amila Faqhira Z., Suhaila A.H.
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14627/
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description An investigation to determine the drift pattern of aquatic insects in an upstream river in Perak, Malaysia was carried out. Drift was sampled by collecting drifting insects using drift sampler at every six hourly intervals within 24-hours period. A total of 3147 individuals of drifting aquatic insects was collected represented by 9 orders, 49 families and 81 genera. There was a significant difference in the temporal drifting pattern in aquatic insects (Kruskal-Wallis test, P =0.00). Greatest drift abundance occurred at night time, which approximately 40 % higher than during the daytime samples, signifying diel periodicity of aquatic insect drift. In addition, nights without moonlight exhibited more drift rate as compared to bright, full-moonlit nights and differed significantly (P<0.05). Drifting aquatic insects displayed alternant pattern with the greatest abundance at 0200 to 0800 h interval, and the least was at 1400 to 2000 h interval.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:146272020-05-17T01:20:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14627/ Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement Amila Faqhira Z., Suhaila A.H., An investigation to determine the drift pattern of aquatic insects in an upstream river in Perak, Malaysia was carried out. Drift was sampled by collecting drifting insects using drift sampler at every six hourly intervals within 24-hours period. A total of 3147 individuals of drifting aquatic insects was collected represented by 9 orders, 49 families and 81 genera. There was a significant difference in the temporal drifting pattern in aquatic insects (Kruskal-Wallis test, P =0.00). Greatest drift abundance occurred at night time, which approximately 40 % higher than during the daytime samples, signifying diel periodicity of aquatic insect drift. In addition, nights without moonlight exhibited more drift rate as compared to bright, full-moonlit nights and differed significantly (P<0.05). Drifting aquatic insects displayed alternant pattern with the greatest abundance at 0200 to 0800 h interval, and the least was at 1400 to 2000 h interval. Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14627/1/30835-104143-1-PB.pdf Amila Faqhira Z., and Suhaila A.H., (2019) Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement. Serangga, 24 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1394-5130 http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1198/showToc
spellingShingle Amila Faqhira Z.,
Suhaila A.H.,
Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
title Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
title_full Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
title_fullStr Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
title_full_unstemmed Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
title_short Drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
title_sort drift pattern of tropical stream insect: understanding the aquatic iinsects movement
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14627/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14627/1/30835-104143-1-PB.pdf