Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat

Sungai Batu Pahat is undergoing poor condition in term of water quality and riverbank vegetation. This study was focus on determining the status of Sungai Batu Pahat due to quantitative and qualitative of water quality and biodiversity analysis. There are six major water quality parameter that consi...

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Main Author:	Hamzah, Nurhidayah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6416/1/NurhidayahHamzahMFKA2007.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.64162018-09-30T08:15:20Z Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat 2007-06 Hamzah, Nurhidayah GE Environmental Sciences TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Sungai Batu Pahat is undergoing poor condition in term of water quality and riverbank vegetation. This study was focus on determining the status of Sungai Batu Pahat due to quantitative and qualitative of water quality and biodiversity analysis. There are six major water quality parameter that considered in this study which are dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N), suspended solid (SS) and pH. Biodiversity parameter consists of fish, zooplankton, phytoplankton, macrobenthos and riverbank vegetation. Water quality shows a consistent level with low quality of water which is class III at upstream and downstream but dropped to class IV at middle stream according to DOE-WQI. This could be a consequence of riverbank landuse activities such as quarry and settlement. If based on biodiversity data, the juvenile commercial fish still exist correspond to >2 mg/L of DO concentration and quality food supply from riverbank vegetation. Generally, the distribution of planktonic life and macroinvertebrates within study area was tidal and mangrove dependent. Biodiversity was found abundance at downstream and present with low number and species at upstream and downstream probably because lands use activities. Biodiversity that mostly found within study area is tolerant species to low dissolved oxygen concentration and pH. The impact of water quality can clearly be seen with respect to macrobenthos habitat. Macrobenthos almost disappeared during study event and only tolerant species was present. However, the abundance of high demanding biodiversity (zooplankton and phytoplankton) giving the good result that Sungai Batu Pahat still can support aquatic life due in term of shelter, feeding and breeding area even, the quality of water shows otherwise. 2007-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6416/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6416/1/NurhidayahHamzahMFKA2007.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:62283 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	GE Environmental Sciences GE Environmental Sciences
spellingShingle	GE Environmental Sciences GE Environmental Sciences Hamzah, Nurhidayah Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat
description	Sungai Batu Pahat is undergoing poor condition in term of water quality and riverbank vegetation. This study was focus on determining the status of Sungai Batu Pahat due to quantitative and qualitative of water quality and biodiversity analysis. There are six major water quality parameter that considered in this study which are dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N), suspended solid (SS) and pH. Biodiversity parameter consists of fish, zooplankton, phytoplankton, macrobenthos and riverbank vegetation. Water quality shows a consistent level with low quality of water which is class III at upstream and downstream but dropped to class IV at middle stream according to DOE-WQI. This could be a consequence of riverbank landuse activities such as quarry and settlement. If based on biodiversity data, the juvenile commercial fish still exist correspond to >2 mg/L of DO concentration and quality food supply from riverbank vegetation. Generally, the distribution of planktonic life and macroinvertebrates within study area was tidal and mangrove dependent. Biodiversity was found abundance at downstream and present with low number and species at upstream and downstream probably because lands use activities. Biodiversity that mostly found within study area is tolerant species to low dissolved oxygen concentration and pH. The impact of water quality can clearly be seen with respect to macrobenthos habitat. Macrobenthos almost disappeared during study event and only tolerant species was present. However, the abundance of high demanding biodiversity (zooplankton and phytoplankton) giving the good result that Sungai Batu Pahat still can support aquatic life due in term of shelter, feeding and breeding area even, the quality of water shows otherwise.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Hamzah, Nurhidayah
author_facet	Hamzah, Nurhidayah
author_sort	Hamzah, Nurhidayah
title	Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat
title_short	Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat
title_full	Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat
title_fullStr	Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment on water quality and biodiversity within Sungai Batu Pahat
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2007
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