Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia

The Pusu River has been receiving increased pollution loads because of a significant amount of land-clearing activities for development projects. A total of 113 numbers of fishes belonging to six species under six families were recorded from Pusu River throughout the study period (November 2014–Mar...

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Main Authors:	Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Alifah, F.K., Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Kader, M.A., Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Coastal Education & Research Foundation Inc. Florida 2018
Subjects:	SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/7/67806%20Diversity%20and%20Community%20Composition.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/8/67806%20Diversity%20and%20Community%20Composition%20SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/19/67806_Diversity%20and%20community%20composition_WOS.pdf

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spelling	iium-678062019-04-09T06:36:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/ Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Alifah, F.K. Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry Al-Mamun, Abdullah Kader, M.A. Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling The Pusu River has been receiving increased pollution loads because of a significant amount of land-clearing activities for development projects. A total of 113 numbers of fishes belonging to six species under six families were recorded from Pusu River throughout the study period (November 2014–March 2015). The most dominant species were Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (38.9%) followed by Oreochromis mossambica (36.28%) under families Cyprinidae and Cichlidae, respectively. Similarly, the species Hypostomus plecostomus (10.62%), Channa striatus (6.19%), Notopterus notopterus (4.42%), Pristolepis fasciata (3.54%) under the family Loricariidae, Channidae, Notopteridae, and Pristolepididae were constituted of the total fish catch, respectively. A greater abundance (56.64%) of fish community was observed at station 3 compared to the other stations. This is a deeper pool area located near the rainforest area with less turbid water compared to the other stations. Second highest abundance (14.16%) was observed at station 2, while station 6 has shown the lowest abundance (2.65%). Overall Shannon diversity value (H0 ¼ 1.399) indicates that Sg. Pusu, Gombak, is not highly diverse with the tropical fish species. The study suggests that a long-term continuous monitoring of water quality and fish diversity is needed to study for sustainable development of fishes in this fascinating tropical river (Sg.) Pusu. Coastal Education & Research Foundation Inc. Florida 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/7/67806%20Diversity%20and%20Community%20Composition.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/8/67806%20Diversity%20and%20Community%20Composition%20SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/19/67806_Diversity%20and%20community%20composition_WOS.pdf Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal and Alifah, F.K. and Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry and Al-Mamun, Abdullah and Kader, M.A. and Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel (2018) Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 82 Fall. pp. 150-155. ISSN 0749-0208 E-ISSN 1551-5036 http://www.jcronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2112/SI82-021.1
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spellingShingle	SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Alifah, F.K. Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry Al-Mamun, Abdullah Kader, M.A. Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia
description	The Pusu River has been receiving increased pollution loads because of a significant amount of land-clearing activities for development projects. A total of 113 numbers of fishes belonging to six species under six families were recorded from Pusu River throughout the study period (November 2014–March 2015). The most dominant species were Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (38.9%) followed by Oreochromis mossambica (36.28%) under families Cyprinidae and Cichlidae, respectively. Similarly, the species Hypostomus plecostomus (10.62%), Channa striatus (6.19%), Notopterus notopterus (4.42%), Pristolepis fasciata (3.54%) under the family Loricariidae, Channidae, Notopteridae, and Pristolepididae were constituted of the total fish catch, respectively. A greater abundance (56.64%) of fish community was observed at station 3 compared to the other stations. This is a deeper pool area located near the rainforest area with less turbid water compared to the other stations. Second highest abundance (14.16%) was observed at station 2, while station 6 has shown the lowest abundance (2.65%). Overall Shannon diversity value (H0 ¼ 1.399) indicates that Sg. Pusu, Gombak, is not highly diverse with the tropical fish species. The study suggests that a long-term continuous monitoring of water quality and fish diversity is needed to study for sustainable development of fishes in this fascinating tropical river (Sg.) Pusu.
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author	Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Alifah, F.K. Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry Al-Mamun, Abdullah Kader, M.A. Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel
author_facet	Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Alifah, F.K. Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry Al-Mamun, Abdullah Kader, M.A. Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel
author_sort	Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal
title	Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia
title_short	Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia
title_full	Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia
title_sort	diversity and community composition of fishes in the pusu river gombak, malaysia
publisher	Coastal Education & Research Foundation Inc. Florida
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/7/67806%20Diversity%20and%20Community%20Composition.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/8/67806%20Diversity%20and%20Community%20Composition%20SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/67806/19/67806_Diversity%20and%20community%20composition_WOS.pdf
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Diversity and community composition of fishes in the Pusu River Gombak, Malaysia

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