Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak

Survey was conducted in the Maludam River to record the community structure of macrobenthos. Samplings were done in six stations using Van Veen Grab sampler. There were eight parameters of water measured in-situ namely temperature, pH, turbidity, salinity, transparency, depth, dissolved oxygen and...

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Main Author: Nur Aina Syuhaida, Binti Rusli
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014
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description Survey was conducted in the Maludam River to record the community structure of macrobenthos. Samplings were done in six stations using Van Veen Grab sampler. There were eight parameters of water measured in-situ namely temperature, pH, turbidity, salinity, transparency, depth, dissolved oxygen and water current. Four phylla of macrobenthos (Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda and Nematoda) were recorded. There were one species of gastropod, one species of bivalve, five species of polychaetes, seven species of oligochaetes, eight species of aquatic insects, one species of crustacean and one species of nematode. The density of macrobenthos recorded in Maludam River range from 37 to 757 individuals per m2 . The Shannon Weaver diversity and Pielou’s Evenness indices range from 0.7316 to 1.4977 and 0.5278 to 0.8333 respectively. The species richness for all stations ranged from 0.4525 to 1.9386. High number of species was found assemblages in upstream of the river where reflects the clean water of peat swamp area near the Maludam National Park. Overall, macrobenthos found in Maludam River are common species found in tropical water ecosystem.
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spelling unimas-82522015-09-14T00:56:23Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8252/ Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak Nur Aina Syuhaida, Binti Rusli Q Science (General) Survey was conducted in the Maludam River to record the community structure of macrobenthos. Samplings were done in six stations using Van Veen Grab sampler. There were eight parameters of water measured in-situ namely temperature, pH, turbidity, salinity, transparency, depth, dissolved oxygen and water current. Four phylla of macrobenthos (Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda and Nematoda) were recorded. There were one species of gastropod, one species of bivalve, five species of polychaetes, seven species of oligochaetes, eight species of aquatic insects, one species of crustacean and one species of nematode. The density of macrobenthos recorded in Maludam River range from 37 to 757 individuals per m2 . The Shannon Weaver diversity and Pielou’s Evenness indices range from 0.7316 to 1.4977 and 0.5278 to 0.8333 respectively. The species richness for all stations ranged from 0.4525 to 1.9386. High number of species was found assemblages in upstream of the river where reflects the clean water of peat swamp area near the Maludam National Park. Overall, macrobenthos found in Maludam River are common species found in tropical water ecosystem. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8252/1/Community%20Structure%20of%20Macrobenthos%20in%20Maludam%20River%2C%20Betong%2C%20Sarawak%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8252/2/Community%20Structure%20of%20Macrobenthos%20in%20Maludam%20River%2C%20Betong%2C%20Sarawak.pdf Nur Aina Syuhaida, Binti Rusli (2014) Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Nur Aina Syuhaida, Binti Rusli
Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak
title Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak
title_full Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak
title_fullStr Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak
title_short Community Structure of Macrobenthos in Maludam River, Betong, Sarawak
title_sort community structure of macrobenthos in maludam river, betong, sarawak
topic Q Science (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8252/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8252/1/Community%20Structure%20of%20Macrobenthos%20in%20Maludam%20River%2C%20Betong%2C%20Sarawak%20%2824pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8252/2/Community%20Structure%20of%20Macrobenthos%20in%20Maludam%20River%2C%20Betong%2C%20Sarawak.pdf