Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia

A study on the population of fireflies along the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak was conducted on March, May and June 2014. This study aim to investigate the abundance of fireflies from the upstream to downstream of the Sungai Sepetang in regards to the shrimp pond located at the side of Sungai...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Izfa Riza Hazmi, Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/1/23201-67288-1-SM.pdf

id	ukm-13409
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-134092019-09-20T23:22:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/ Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia Izfa Riza Hazmi, Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff, A study on the population of fireflies along the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak was conducted on March, May and June 2014. This study aim to investigate the abundance of fireflies from the upstream to downstream of the Sungai Sepetang in regards to the shrimp pond located at the side of Sungai Sepetang as well as investigating the correlation of water and soil quality to the abundance of fireflies there. The 2 minutes sweep-netting for fireflies, water and soil sampling was adopted. The 20 sampling stations indicated by stations before the shrimp pond (station 1-10) and after the shrimp pond (station 11-20). A total of 3044 individuals of fireflies were recorded. The stations before the shrimp pond recorded higher abundance (2421) of fireflies compared to the later (623). There was a significant different (p<0.05) on the abundance of fireflies within the sampling station. The Water Quality Index (WQI)obtained was 59% indicated the status polluted. Sungai Sepetang is categorized in class III based on Interim National Water Quality Standards (INWQS) for Malaysia. The WQI have a positive correlation in regards to the abundance of fireflies indicated the abundance increases as the quality of water increase. ANOVA test on the abundance of fireflies and heavy metal showed that there is a significant different (p<0.05) but fireflies have a negative correlation with heavy metal. The abundance of fireflies decreases with the increasing concentration of heavy metal in the river. Fireflies are more abundance at the area where the percentage of silt in soils is high indicates that the eggs and larva of fireflies are suitable to live in soils with high percentage of silts. It can be concluded that fireflies are sensitive to the environmental changes, and the abundance of fireflies are highly dependent on the environmental factor such as water quality. Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/1/23201-67288-1-SM.pdf Izfa Riza Hazmi, and Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff, (2017) Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia. Serangga, 22 (2). pp. 217-237. ISSN 1394-5130 http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1065/showToc
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	A study on the population of fireflies along the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak was conducted on March, May and June 2014. This study aim to investigate the abundance of fireflies from the upstream to downstream of the Sungai Sepetang in regards to the shrimp pond located at the side of Sungai Sepetang as well as investigating the correlation of water and soil quality to the abundance of fireflies there. The 2 minutes sweep-netting for fireflies, water and soil sampling was adopted. The 20 sampling stations indicated by stations before the shrimp pond (station 1-10) and after the shrimp pond (station 11-20). A total of 3044 individuals of fireflies were recorded. The stations before the shrimp pond recorded higher abundance (2421) of fireflies compared to the later (623). There was a significant different (p<0.05) on the abundance of fireflies within the sampling station. The Water Quality Index (WQI)obtained was 59% indicated the status polluted. Sungai Sepetang is categorized in class III based on Interim National Water Quality Standards (INWQS) for Malaysia. The WQI have a positive correlation in regards to the abundance of fireflies indicated the abundance increases as the quality of water increase. ANOVA test on the abundance of fireflies and heavy metal showed that there is a significant different (p<0.05) but fireflies have a negative correlation with heavy metal. The abundance of fireflies decreases with the increasing concentration of heavy metal in the river. Fireflies are more abundance at the area where the percentage of silt in soils is high indicates that the eggs and larva of fireflies are suitable to live in soils with high percentage of silts. It can be concluded that fireflies are sensitive to the environmental changes, and the abundance of fireflies are highly dependent on the environmental factor such as water quality.
format	Article
author	Izfa Riza Hazmi, Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff,
spellingShingle	Izfa Riza Hazmi, Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff, Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia
author_facet	Izfa Riza Hazmi, Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff,
author_sort	Izfa Riza Hazmi,
title	Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia
title_short	Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia
title_full	Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia
title_sort	fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (coleoptera: lampyridae) of the sungai sepetang, kampung dew, perak, malaysia
publisher	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13409/1/23201-67288-1-SM.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T20:04:48Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T20:04:48Z
_version_	1777407086379925504

Fireflies population and the aquaculture industry (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Sungai Sepetang, Kampung Dew, Perak, Malaysia

Similar Items