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Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.

Diet composition of most common fish larvae of family Sparidae was studied in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed of Gelang Patah South Western part of Johor, Peninsular Malaysia from December 2007 to May 2008. Larvae were collected by subsurface towing of a bongo net. In situ hydrographic parameters wer...

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Main Authors: Ara, Roushon, Arshad, Aziz, Amrullah, N., Nurul Amin, S. M., Daud, Siti Khalijah, Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady, Abd Ghafar, Mazlan
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spelling my.upm.eprints.147442015-11-24T02:30:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14744/ Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia. Ara, Roushon Arshad, Aziz Amrullah, N. Nurul Amin, S. M. Daud, Siti Khalijah Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady Abd Ghafar, Mazlan Diet composition of most common fish larvae of family Sparidae was studied in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed of Gelang Patah South Western part of Johor, Peninsular Malaysia from December 2007 to May 2008. Larvae were collected by subsurface towing of a bongo net. In situ hydrographic parameters were recorded during the sampling cruises. Stomachs were removed from a total of 80 Sparidae specimens during the study period and the stomach contents were examined. Analysis of prey in the stomach showed 24 important food items belonging to 8 major groups: phytoplankton, zooplankton, algae, insects, plant like matter, decapod appendages, debris and unidentified matters. The predominant food items found in the stomach were phytoplankton (60.85%). This was followed by algae (11.73%), zooplankton (9.35%), plant matters (7.84%), debris (4.60%), insects (2.84%), unidentified matters (1.96%) and decapod appendages (0.82%). Habitat in situ temperatures were recorded at 26.92-30.83°C (Mean± SD, 28.60± 1.38); Dissolved oxygen ranged from 4.73 to 6.24 mg L-1 (5.56± 0.53) and the salinity fluctuation was between 29.37 and 33.68 ppt (31.31± 1.68). Among the food items, phytoplankton was the first rank by Simple resultant index (60.85%) followed by algae (11.73%). Therefore, it could be concluded that the fish larvae of family sparidae are mainly herbivorous. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14744/1/Feeding%20habits%20and%20temporal%20variation%20of%20diet%20composition%20of%20fish%20larvae.pdf Ara, Roushon and Arshad, Aziz and Amrullah, N. and Nurul Amin, S. M. and Daud, Siti Khalijah and Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady and Abd Ghafar, Mazlan (2009) Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Biological Sciences, 9 (5). pp. 445-451. ISSN 1727-3048 10.3923/jbs.2009.445.451 English
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description Diet composition of most common fish larvae of family Sparidae was studied in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed of Gelang Patah South Western part of Johor, Peninsular Malaysia from December 2007 to May 2008. Larvae were collected by subsurface towing of a bongo net. In situ hydrographic parameters were recorded during the sampling cruises. Stomachs were removed from a total of 80 Sparidae specimens during the study period and the stomach contents were examined. Analysis of prey in the stomach showed 24 important food items belonging to 8 major groups: phytoplankton, zooplankton, algae, insects, plant like matter, decapod appendages, debris and unidentified matters. The predominant food items found in the stomach were phytoplankton (60.85%). This was followed by algae (11.73%), zooplankton (9.35%), plant matters (7.84%), debris (4.60%), insects (2.84%), unidentified matters (1.96%) and decapod appendages (0.82%). Habitat in situ temperatures were recorded at 26.92-30.83°C (Mean± SD, 28.60± 1.38); Dissolved oxygen ranged from 4.73 to 6.24 mg L-1 (5.56± 0.53) and the salinity fluctuation was between 29.37 and 33.68 ppt (31.31± 1.68). Among the food items, phytoplankton was the first rank by Simple resultant index (60.85%) followed by algae (11.73%). Therefore, it could be concluded that the fish larvae of family sparidae are mainly herbivorous.
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author Ara, Roushon
Arshad, Aziz
Amrullah, N.
Nurul Amin, S. M.
Daud, Siti Khalijah
Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady
Abd Ghafar, Mazlan
spellingShingle Ara, Roushon
Arshad, Aziz
Amrullah, N.
Nurul Amin, S. M.
Daud, Siti Khalijah
Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady
Abd Ghafar, Mazlan
Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.
author_facet Ara, Roushon
Arshad, Aziz
Amrullah, N.
Nurul Amin, S. M.
Daud, Siti Khalijah
Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady
Abd Ghafar, Mazlan
author_sort Ara, Roushon
title Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.
title_short Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.
title_full Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.
title_fullStr Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (Osteichthyes: sparidae) in the Sungai Pulai seagrass bed, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia.
title_sort feeding habits and temporal variation of diet composition of fish larvae (osteichthyes: sparidae) in the sungai pulai seagrass bed, johore, peninsular malaysia.
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2009
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