Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia

Aquatic insects and public awareness were studied intensively to understand the interaction between human and river in maintaining the ecosystem. Aquatic insects collected from May 2014 to April 2015 from six recreational rivers; were namely Batu Hampar, Titi Hayun, Bukit Hijau, and Sedim in Kedah,...

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Main Author:	Normi, Norshamiera
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation geographical distribution)
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spelling	my-usm-ep.475512020-10-14T08:45:17Z Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia 2017-09 Normi, Norshamiera QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Aquatic insects and public awareness were studied intensively to understand the interaction between human and river in maintaining the ecosystem. Aquatic insects collected from May 2014 to April 2015 from six recreational rivers; were namely Batu Hampar, Titi Hayun, Bukit Hijau, and Sedim in Kedah, Bukit Mertajam and Teluk Bahang in Pulau Pinang were represented by 119 genera of which 23,072 individuals from 69 families and 9 orders. Aquatic insects collected during sampling was dominated by order Ephemeroptera, Diptera and Trichoptera. Ecological indices showed that aquatic insects collected at Batu Hampar River were more diverse, rich and even compared to other rivers. However, biological indices such as Family Biotic Index (FBI), Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) and EPT taxa richness implied water quality at Bukit Hijau River as moderately good to very good. Referring to Water Quality Index (WQI), all selected recreational rivers were categorized into class II (clean) except for Batu Hampar River which fall into class I (very clean) of WQI. The sampling periods were divided into three seasons which were before school holiday, during school holiday season and after school holiday season. Abundance of aquatic insects were differed significantly among the seasons. 2017-09 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/47551/ http://eprints.usm.my/47551/1/NORSHAMIERA%20BINTI%20NORMI.pdf%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihayat (School of Biological Science)
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topic	QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation geographical distribution)
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description	Aquatic insects and public awareness were studied intensively to understand the interaction between human and river in maintaining the ecosystem. Aquatic insects collected from May 2014 to April 2015 from six recreational rivers; were namely Batu Hampar, Titi Hayun, Bukit Hijau, and Sedim in Kedah, Bukit Mertajam and Teluk Bahang in Pulau Pinang were represented by 119 genera of which 23,072 individuals from 69 families and 9 orders. Aquatic insects collected during sampling was dominated by order Ephemeroptera, Diptera and Trichoptera. Ecological indices showed that aquatic insects collected at Batu Hampar River were more diverse, rich and even compared to other rivers. However, biological indices such as Family Biotic Index (FBI), Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) and EPT taxa richness implied water quality at Bukit Hijau River as moderately good to very good. Referring to Water Quality Index (WQI), all selected recreational rivers were categorized into class II (clean) except for Batu Hampar River which fall into class I (very clean) of WQI. The sampling periods were divided into three seasons which were before school holiday, during school holiday season and after school holiday season. Abundance of aquatic insects were differed significantly among the seasons.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Normi, Norshamiera
author_facet	Normi, Norshamiera
author_sort	Normi, Norshamiera
title	Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	impact of human activities – river interaction on aquatic insects at selected recreational areas in northern peninsular malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihayat (School of Biological Science)
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.usm.my/47551/1/NORSHAMIERA%20BINTI%20NORMI.pdf%20cut.pdf
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Impact Of Human Activities – River Interaction On Aquatic Insects At Selected Recreational Areas In Northern Peninsular Malaysia

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