Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia

Temporal changes of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) communities were investigated at the study area of Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest, Johor, Malaysia. Taxa diversity were also studied to determine the seasonality impact on certain benthic communities. Sampling of aquatic insects w...

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Main Authors: Nor Zaiha, A., Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid, Salmiati, Salmiati
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spelling my.utm.588922021-11-25T05:48:40Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58892/ Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia Nor Zaiha, A. Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid Salmiati, Salmiati TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Temporal changes of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) communities were investigated at the study area of Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest, Johor, Malaysia. Taxa diversity were also studied to determine the seasonality impact on certain benthic communities. Sampling of aquatic insects were carried out from November 2012 to July 2013 using rectangular dip net. As a result, more EPT were found during the dry season (1533 individuals) compared to wet season (321 individuals). Concomitantly, higher diversity was also recorded in the dry season. Among these three investigated orders, Trichoptera represented the most diverse community with three families recorded, followed by Plecoptera (2 families) and Ephemeroptera (1 family). Caddisfly family Hydropsychidae were found to be abundant in the study area. Therefore, seasonality impact on EPT assemblage at Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest is extremely evident. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed Nor Zaiha, A. and Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid and Salmiati, Salmiati (2015) Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 44 (9). pp. 1223-1228. ISSN 1266-039 http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2015-4409-02 DOI: 10.17576/jsm-2015-4409-02
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Nor Zaiha, A.
Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid
Salmiati, Salmiati
Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
description Temporal changes of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) communities were investigated at the study area of Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest, Johor, Malaysia. Taxa diversity were also studied to determine the seasonality impact on certain benthic communities. Sampling of aquatic insects were carried out from November 2012 to July 2013 using rectangular dip net. As a result, more EPT were found during the dry season (1533 individuals) compared to wet season (321 individuals). Concomitantly, higher diversity was also recorded in the dry season. Among these three investigated orders, Trichoptera represented the most diverse community with three families recorded, followed by Plecoptera (2 families) and Ephemeroptera (1 family). Caddisfly family Hydropsychidae were found to be abundant in the study area. Therefore, seasonality impact on EPT assemblage at Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest is extremely evident.
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author Nor Zaiha, A.
Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid
Salmiati, Salmiati
author_facet Nor Zaiha, A.
Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid
Salmiati, Salmiati
author_sort Nor Zaiha, A.
title Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in Gunung Pulai recreational forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities from tropical forest stream in gunung pulai recreational forest, johor, peninsular malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58892/
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