Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning

Biotic Integrity index (IBI) is widely utilized for biomonitoring in aquatic ecosystems, especially in assessing aquatic ecosystem health worldwide. Environmental changes significantly impact the aquatic ecosystem’s health of Subang Reservoir, which consequently affects the aquatic biodiversity. Thi...

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Main Authors: Xeai, Li Chai, Rohasliney, Hashim, Kamaruddin, I.S.
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
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author Xeai, Li Chai
Rohasliney, Hashim
Kamaruddin, I.S.
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description Biotic Integrity index (IBI) is widely utilized for biomonitoring in aquatic ecosystems, especially in assessing aquatic ecosystem health worldwide. Environmental changes significantly impact the aquatic ecosystem’s health of Subang Reservoir, which consequently affects the aquatic biodiversity. This study was conducted to determine its ecosystem’s health by assessing the IBI of freshwater fish in Subang Reservoir. In this study, thirty-four metrics were firstly selected as candidate metrics, and later, these thirty-four metrics underwent several statistical tests such as range, responsiveness, redundancy, and metrics scoring to screen and select the most appropriate metrics. A final eight metrics were selected after the statistical analysis, and a total score of 24 indicated that the Subang Reservoir’s ecosystem shows some stress due to an imbalanced fish guild. This showed that the ecosystem’s health of Subang Reservoir is in fair condition. This is because of the limitation of fish entering Subang Reservoir. The implementation of biomonitoring can be improved by modifying and selecting the most appropriate techniques, and the usage of biomonitoring can be increased in Malaysia’s freshwater ecosystems. The result reported in this study can be used as a scientific base data for implementing biomonitoring.
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spelling my-ukm.journal.211902023-02-27T06:25:45Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21190/ Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning Xeai, Li Chai Rohasliney, Hashim Kamaruddin, I.S. Biotic Integrity index (IBI) is widely utilized for biomonitoring in aquatic ecosystems, especially in assessing aquatic ecosystem health worldwide. Environmental changes significantly impact the aquatic ecosystem’s health of Subang Reservoir, which consequently affects the aquatic biodiversity. This study was conducted to determine its ecosystem’s health by assessing the IBI of freshwater fish in Subang Reservoir. In this study, thirty-four metrics were firstly selected as candidate metrics, and later, these thirty-four metrics underwent several statistical tests such as range, responsiveness, redundancy, and metrics scoring to screen and select the most appropriate metrics. A final eight metrics were selected after the statistical analysis, and a total score of 24 indicated that the Subang Reservoir’s ecosystem shows some stress due to an imbalanced fish guild. This showed that the ecosystem’s health of Subang Reservoir is in fair condition. This is because of the limitation of fish entering Subang Reservoir. The implementation of biomonitoring can be improved by modifying and selecting the most appropriate techniques, and the usage of biomonitoring can be increased in Malaysia’s freshwater ecosystems. The result reported in this study can be used as a scientific base data for implementing biomonitoring. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21190/1/SDB%203.pdf Xeai, Li Chai and Rohasliney, Hashim and Kamaruddin, I.S. (2022) Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning. Sains Malaysiana, 51 (12). pp. 3897-3907. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/index.html
spellingShingle Xeai, Li Chai
Rohasliney, Hashim
Kamaruddin, I.S.
Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
title Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
title_full Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
title_fullStr Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
title_short Evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
title_sort evaluating the tropical reservoir health by using the index of biotic integrity as a management tool for resource conservation planning
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