Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)

Implementation of river rehabilitation programs are due to the apprehension expressed by local community and other stakeholders over the degradation of river and loss of livelihood from fishing and other natural resource-based activities. Usually, river rehabilitation involves works on water quality...

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Main Author:	Halim, Herni
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11158/1/HerniHalimMFKA2009.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.111582018-06-04T09:51:32Z Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol) 2009-06 Halim, Herni TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Implementation of river rehabilitation programs are due to the apprehension expressed by local community and other stakeholders over the degradation of river and loss of livelihood from fishing and other natural resource-based activities. Usually, river rehabilitation involves works on water quality improvement and landscape enhancement rather than provides essential habitat for aquatic life especially fish. Consequently, this study is carried out in order to reveal the correlation between habitats and fish species towards improving the river rehabilitation efforts. Sungai Dengar near Gunung Belumut, Kluang, Sungai Tui in Bukit Kepong and Sungai Mengkibol in Kluang Town are three rivers that have been chosen for the purpose of the study as the rivers have different landuse and physical conditions. Sungai Dengar which is located in palm oil plantation and recorded as Class II of WQI, exhibits lowers composition of fish species compared to Sungai Tui. However it comprises two species which are not present in the other two rivers; Julong and Bujuk. Nevertheless, Sungai Tui, even though classified under Class III of WQI, exhibits a rich and diverse fish species composition with high economical value species such as Baung akar and Ketutu. Sungai Mengkibol of Class IV is dominated by hardy and tolerant species such as Bandaraya and Tilapia hitam. This study discovers that bankside vegetation, channel units, river size, migratory species and large woody debris are considered as the influential factors in shaping fish species community. The physical characteristics are important as they influence food availability, provide spawning or breeding ground, and protection from predators. 2009-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11158/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11158/1/HerniHalimMFKA2009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering Halim, Herni Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)
description	Implementation of river rehabilitation programs are due to the apprehension expressed by local community and other stakeholders over the degradation of river and loss of livelihood from fishing and other natural resource-based activities. Usually, river rehabilitation involves works on water quality improvement and landscape enhancement rather than provides essential habitat for aquatic life especially fish. Consequently, this study is carried out in order to reveal the correlation between habitats and fish species towards improving the river rehabilitation efforts. Sungai Dengar near Gunung Belumut, Kluang, Sungai Tui in Bukit Kepong and Sungai Mengkibol in Kluang Town are three rivers that have been chosen for the purpose of the study as the rivers have different landuse and physical conditions. Sungai Dengar which is located in palm oil plantation and recorded as Class II of WQI, exhibits lowers composition of fish species compared to Sungai Tui. However it comprises two species which are not present in the other two rivers; Julong and Bujuk. Nevertheless, Sungai Tui, even though classified under Class III of WQI, exhibits a rich and diverse fish species composition with high economical value species such as Baung akar and Ketutu. Sungai Mengkibol of Class IV is dominated by hardy and tolerant species such as Bandaraya and Tilapia hitam. This study discovers that bankside vegetation, channel units, river size, migratory species and large woody debris are considered as the influential factors in shaping fish species community. The physical characteristics are important as they influence food availability, provide spawning or breeding ground, and protection from predators.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Halim, Herni
author_facet	Halim, Herni
author_sort	Halim, Herni
title	Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)
title_short	Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)
title_full	Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)
title_fullStr	Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)
title_full_unstemmed	Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)
title_sort	water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in johor (sungai dengar, sungai tui, and sungai mengkibol)
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2009
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11158/1/HerniHalimMFKA2009.pdf
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Water quality and fish habitat assessment of rivers in Johor (Sungai Dengar, Sungai Tui, and Sungai Mengkibol)

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