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Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak

Egrets are known to be good subjects in studying foraging behaviour and forage in freshwater areas. This study was conducted in UNIMAS campus to determine their diets in two different habitats, grass marsh and lake edge. The number of egrets observed foraging in grass marsh was significantly higher...

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Main Author: Noor Najilah, Anifah
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2017
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Q Science (General)
QL Zoology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31118/2/Noor%20Najilah.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.311182024-02-07T07:43:08Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31118/ Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak Noor Najilah, Anifah Q Science (General) QL Zoology Egrets are known to be good subjects in studying foraging behaviour and forage in freshwater areas. This study was conducted in UNIMAS campus to determine their diets in two different habitats, grass marsh and lake edge. The number of egrets observed foraging in grass marsh was significantly higher than at lake edge habitats. The prey density in grass marsh is also higher than lake edge. The prey items found in grass marsh and lake edge are from orders Aranea, Odonata, Orthoptera, Diptera, Stylommatophora, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Perciformes, Crypniformes and Decapoda. Inverterbrates from order Decapoda had the highest protein content of 71.73% while vertebrate prey items, Oreochromis mossambicus had the highest moisture and fat content, 76.87% and 13.18% respectively. Puntius chola had the highest ash and energy content which is 20.58% and 802J/g respectively. Tilapia sparrmanii had the highest percentage of protein content which is 20.92% and Oreochromis niloticus had the highest content for phosphorus, 0.01 mg/g. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2017 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31118/2/Noor%20Najilah.pdf Noor Najilah, Anifah (2017) Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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QL Zoology
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QL Zoology
Noor Najilah, Anifah
Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
description Egrets are known to be good subjects in studying foraging behaviour and forage in freshwater areas. This study was conducted in UNIMAS campus to determine their diets in two different habitats, grass marsh and lake edge. The number of egrets observed foraging in grass marsh was significantly higher than at lake edge habitats. The prey density in grass marsh is also higher than lake edge. The prey items found in grass marsh and lake edge are from orders Aranea, Odonata, Orthoptera, Diptera, Stylommatophora, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Perciformes, Crypniformes and Decapoda. Inverterbrates from order Decapoda had the highest protein content of 71.73% while vertebrate prey items, Oreochromis mossambicus had the highest moisture and fat content, 76.87% and 13.18% respectively. Puntius chola had the highest ash and energy content which is 20.58% and 802J/g respectively. Tilapia sparrmanii had the highest percentage of protein content which is 20.92% and Oreochromis niloticus had the highest content for phosphorus, 0.01 mg/g.
format Final Year Project Report
author Noor Najilah, Anifah
author_facet Noor Najilah, Anifah
author_sort Noor Najilah, Anifah
title Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
title_short Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
title_full Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
title_fullStr Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Diet analysis of egrets in UNIMAS Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
title_sort diet analysis of egrets in unimas campus, kota samarahan, sarawak
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31118/2/Noor%20Najilah.pdf
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