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Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality

Water quality monitoring based on invertebrate aquatic life is capable of giving a short and easy approach to assess water quality status. In order to determine the quality of water, the method selected in monitoring is very important. Assessment is carried out through collection and identification...

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Main Authors: Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid, Arman, Nor Zaiha, Azman, Shamila, Mohd. Safeai, Shahrul Azri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2012
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34367/
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spelling my.utm.343672017-09-06T08:18:54Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34367/ Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid Arman, Nor Zaiha Azman, Shamila Mohd. Safeai, Shahrul Azri TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Water quality monitoring based on invertebrate aquatic life is capable of giving a short and easy approach to assess water quality status. In order to determine the quality of water, the method selected in monitoring is very important. Assessment is carried out through collection and identification of the indicator which comprises of invertebrate especially aquatic insect. This study focus on pollution level in Melana River, Skudai, Johor. The methods applied in this study including physical and chemical analysis and biological monitoring. The water quality parameters involved are dissolve oxygen (DO), pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (AN) and total suspended solid (TSS), meanwhile the Water Quality Index (WQI) for each station were calculated. From the result, Melana River is classified into Class IV or polluted whereas the Biological Water Quality Index (BWQI) indicate Melana River as slightly polluted with the score in between 3.8 to 4.0, showing both of these river are ratherdirty. This method can be applied to any river to identify their pollution river. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid and Arman, Nor Zaiha and Azman, Shamila and Mohd. Safeai, Shahrul Azri (2012) Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality. In: Conference.
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid
Arman, Nor Zaiha
Azman, Shamila
Mohd. Safeai, Shahrul Azri
Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
description Water quality monitoring based on invertebrate aquatic life is capable of giving a short and easy approach to assess water quality status. In order to determine the quality of water, the method selected in monitoring is very important. Assessment is carried out through collection and identification of the indicator which comprises of invertebrate especially aquatic insect. This study focus on pollution level in Melana River, Skudai, Johor. The methods applied in this study including physical and chemical analysis and biological monitoring. The water quality parameters involved are dissolve oxygen (DO), pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (AN) and total suspended solid (TSS), meanwhile the Water Quality Index (WQI) for each station were calculated. From the result, Melana River is classified into Class IV or polluted whereas the Biological Water Quality Index (BWQI) indicate Melana River as slightly polluted with the score in between 3.8 to 4.0, showing both of these river are ratherdirty. This method can be applied to any river to identify their pollution river.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid
Arman, Nor Zaiha
Azman, Shamila
Mohd. Safeai, Shahrul Azri
author_facet Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid
Arman, Nor Zaiha
Azman, Shamila
Mohd. Safeai, Shahrul Azri
author_sort Md. Said, Mohd. Ismid
title Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
title_short Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
title_full Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
title_fullStr Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
title_full_unstemmed Benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
title_sort benthic macroinvertebrate as an alternative tool for biological monitoring in assessing river water quality
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34367/
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