Diversity and Distribution of Benthic Invertebrates in the West Port, Malaysia
The purpose of this paper is to describe the main
characteristics of macroinvertebrate species in response to
environmental forcing factors. Overall, 23 species of Mollusca, 4
species of Arthropods, 3 species of Echinodermata and 3 species of
Annelida were identified at the 9 sampling stations during four
sampling periods. Individual species of Mollusca constituted 36.4%
of the total abundance, followed by Arthropods (27.01%), Annelida
(34.3%) and Echinodermata (2.4%). The results of Kruskal-Wallis
test indicated that a significant difference (p <0.05) in the abundance,
richness and diversity of the macro-benthic community in different
stations. The correlation analysis revealed that anthropogenic
pollution and natural variability caused by these variations in spatial
scales.
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Strait, Malaysia: Distribution Pattern, Risk Assessment and Sources”.
Plos one, vol. 9, no. 4, 2014.
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surface sediments of west port, Malaysia”, Environment Protection
Engineering, vol. 38, no.4, 139-155, 2013.
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Sediments of Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia”. Water, Air, & Soil
Pollution, vol. 224, no.4, 1-18, 2013.
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changes in marine benthic habitats in relation to the EU Water
Framework Directive: The use of sediment profile imagery”. Marine
Pollution Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 4, 565-572. 2009.
[23] Pacheco, A.S., et al., "Succession and seasonal variation in the
development of subtidal macrobenthic soft-bottom communities off
northern Chile”. Journal of Sea Research, vol. 64, no. 3, 180-189. 2010.
[24] Rosenberg, R, "Benthic faunal dynamics during succession following
pollution abatement in a Swedish estuary”. Oikos, vol. 27, 414-427,
1976.
[25] Veiga, P., M. Rubal, and C. Besteiro, "Shallow sublittoral meiofauna
communities and sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
content on the Galician coast (NW Spain), six months after the Prestige
oil spill”. Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 4, 581-588. 2009.
[26] Schafer, R.B., et al., "Using silicone passive samplers to detect
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from wildfires in streams and
potential acute effects for invertebrate communities”. Water research,
vol. 44, no. 15, 4590-4600, 2010.
[1] Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld, "On developing bioindicators for human
and ecological health”, Environmental monitoring and assessment, vol.
66, no.1, 23-46, 2001.
[2] Tavakoly Sany, S.B. Hashim, R.Rezayi, M. Salleh, Aishah, "Human
health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from consumption of
blood cockle and exposure to contaminated sediments and water along
the Klang Strait, Malaysia”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 84, 268–
279, 2014.
[3] Rezayi, M. Lee Y.K. M.Abdi, M. MDnoran, N. Esmaeili, Ch, A
"Thermodynamic Study on the Complex Formation Between Tris (2-
Pyridyl) Methylamine (tpm) with Fe 2, Fe 3, Cu 2 and Cr 3 Cations in
Water‚ ÄìAcetonitrile Binary Solutions Using the Conductometric
Method”. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci, vol. 8, 6922-6932, 2013.
[4] Rezayi, M. Karazhian, R. Abdollahi, Y. Narimani, L. Tavakoly Sany,
S.B. Ahmadzadeh, S. Alias, Y. "Titanium (III) cation selective electrode
based on synthesized tris (2pyridyl) methylamine ionophore and its
application in water samples”. Scientific Reports, 2014.
[5] Tavakoly Sany, S.B., Hashim, R. Rezayi, M. Salleh, Aishah, A "review
of strategies to monitor water and sediment quality for a sustainability
assessment of marine environment”. Environmental Science and
Pollution Research, vol. 21, 813-833, 2013.
[6] Ahmadzadeh, S., Kassim, A , Rezayi, M, Rounaghi, GH,
"Thermodynamic Study of the Complexation of p-Isopropylcalix arene
with Cs+ Cation in Dimethylsulfoxide-Acetonitrile Binary Media”.
Molecules, vol. 16 no. 9, 8130-8142.
[7] Tullos, D.D., D.L. Penrose, and G.D. Jennings, "Development and
application of a bioindicator for benthic habitat enhancement in the
North Carolina Piedmont”. Ecological engineering, vol. 27 no. 3, 8130-
8142, 2006.
[8] Saadati, N. "Limit of detection and limit of quantification development
procedures for organochlorine pesticides analysis in water and sediment
matrices”. Chemistry Central Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1-10. 2013.
[9] USEPA, National coastal condition report III. EPA/842-R-08-002.
htpp:// http://www.epa.gov/nccr, U.E.P. Agency, Editor 2008. 40-52.
[10] Coccioni, R., "Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of heavy metal
pollution. Environmental Micropaleontology: The Application of
Microfossils to Environmental Geology”. Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers, New York, 71-103.2000.
[11] Foster, W.J., E. Armynot du Châtelet, and M. Rogerson, "Testing
benthic foraminiferal distributions as a contemporary quantitative
approach to biomonitoring estuarine heavy metal pollution”. Marine
Pollution Bulletin, 2012.
[12] Tehrani, G.M., et al., "Distribution Of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
And Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Musa Bay Sediments
(Northwest Of The Persian Gulf)”. Environment Protection Engineering,
vol. 39, no. 1, 115-128, 2013.
[13] Tavakoly Sany, S.B. Hashim, R. Rezayi, M. Salleh, Aishah, A, "Risk
assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the West Port semienclosed
basin (Malaysia)”.Environmental Earth Sciences, 1-14, 2013.
[14] Tavakoly Sany, S.B. Hashim, R.Rezayi, M. Salleh, Aishah, A,
"Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Coastal Sediment of Klang
Strait, Malaysia: Distribution Pattern, Risk Assessment and Sources”.
Plos one, vol. 9, no. 4, 2014.
[15] Tavakoly Sany, S.B., Hashim, R.Rezayi, M. Salleh, Aishah, A,
"Distribution characteristics and ecological risk of heavy metals in
surface sediments of west port, Malaysia”, Environment Protection
Engineering, vol. 38, no.4, 139-155, 2013.
[16] Shannon, C.E. and W. Wiener, "The Mathematical Theory of
Communication. University of Illinois Press, Chicago, Illinois”.
University of Illinois Press, Chicago, Illinois., 1963.
[17] Jørgensen, S.E., R. Constanza, and F.L. Xu, "Handbook of Ecological
Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health”, Boca Raton: CRC
Press. 439, 2005.
[18] Borja, A., J. Franco, and V. Pérez, A, "marine biotic index to establish
the ecological quality of soft-bottom benthos within European estuarine
and coastal environments”. Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 40, no.12,
1100-1114. 2000.
[19] Pinto, R., et al., "Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to
assess benthic condition”, Ecological Indicators, vol. 9, no.1, 1-25,
2009.
[20] Tavakoly Sany, S.B., Hashim, R.Rezayi, M. Salleh, Aishah, A,
"Distribution and Contamination of Heavy Metal in the Coastal
Sediments of Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia”. Water, Air, & Soil
Pollution, vol. 224, no.4, 1-18, 2013.
[21] Leonardsson, K., M. Blomqvist, and R. Rosenberg, "Theoretical and
practical aspects on benthic quality assessment according to the EUWater
Framework Directive–examples from Swedish waters”.Marine
Pollution Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 9, 1286-1296.2009.
[22] Rosenberg, R., M. Magnusson, and H.C. Nilsson, "Temporal and spatial
changes in marine benthic habitats in relation to the EU Water
Framework Directive: The use of sediment profile imagery”. Marine
Pollution Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 4, 565-572. 2009.
[23] Pacheco, A.S., et al., "Succession and seasonal variation in the
development of subtidal macrobenthic soft-bottom communities off
northern Chile”. Journal of Sea Research, vol. 64, no. 3, 180-189. 2010.
[24] Rosenberg, R, "Benthic faunal dynamics during succession following
pollution abatement in a Swedish estuary”. Oikos, vol. 27, 414-427,
1976.
[25] Veiga, P., M. Rubal, and C. Besteiro, "Shallow sublittoral meiofauna
communities and sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
content on the Galician coast (NW Spain), six months after the Prestige
oil spill”. Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 4, 581-588. 2009.
[26] Schafer, R.B., et al., "Using silicone passive samplers to detect
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from wildfires in streams and
potential acute effects for invertebrate communities”. Water research,
vol. 44, no. 15, 4590-4600, 2010.
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environmental forcing factors. Overall, 23 species of Mollusca, 4
species of Arthropods, 3 species of Echinodermata and 3 species of
Annelida were identified at the 9 sampling stations during four
sampling periods. Individual species of Mollusca constituted 36.4%
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