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  1. Nurul Fazlinda Mohd Fadzil, Amir Shah Ruddin Md Sah, Mohd Shafiq Zakeyuddin, Zarul Hazrin Hashim, Mohd Syaiful Mohammad, Khalid Puteh
    Trop Life Sci Res, 2016;27(11):79-85.
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    A study was conducted at five selected rivers around Bukit Merah Reservoir,
    Perak, Malaysia for eight weeks in order to determine the fish diversity and distribution. A
    total of 28 species comprised of 9 families were identified. The study depicted that there
    were significant changes to the fish composition when compared to previous study which
    had captured 36 species due to different areas covered and different types of sampling
    gear used between both studies.
  2. Mohd Shafiq Zakeyuddin, Mansor Mat Isa, Che Salmah Md Rawi, Amir Shah Ruddin Md Sah, Abu Hassan Ahmad
    Sains Malaysiana, 2017;46:833-843.
    The importance of terrestrial insects as food items for freshwater fish was studied by examining stomach contents of Devario regina (Fowler 1934) and its population parameters at canopied areas of selected tributaries of Kerian River, in the northern state of Peninsular Malaysia. Ninety six percent (121 out of 126) of the fish stomachs examined contained food materials in the stomachs and the values of percentage of occurrence (%F), percentage numerical (%N) and percentage points (%P) indicated that collected fish ate similar food items in all rivers. Among the food categories, scavenging terrestrial ants (Formicidae) were the most dominant food item, hence the main diet for this species. The Index of Relative Importance (IRI) scores of food items indicated that ants were higher than other food items. This surface water feeder experienced a positive allometric growth (W = aLb) with a b (rate of growth) value of 3.256. Its asymptotic length, growth constant and growth performance index represented this species with a short life-span (L∞ = 10.90 cm, K = 1.20 year-1, φ’ = 2.15, tmax = 3 year, respectively) and had higher natural mortality (M = 2.40 year-1) than fishing mortality (F = 0.35 year-1) while the fish stock was underexploited (E = 0.13). The finding of this study indicated the importance of terrestrial ants as a food source that support excellent growth of D. regina and the need to conserve riparian trees along river banks to provide allocthonous materials and habitats for the ants.
  3. Mohd Shafiq Zakeyuddin, Amir Shah Ruddin Md Sah, Mohd Syaiful Mohammad, Nurul Fazlinda Mohd Fadzil, Zarul Hazrin Hashim, Wan Maznah Wan Omar
    Sains Malaysiana, 2016;45:853-863.
    A study of spatial and temporal variations on water quality and trophic status was conducted twice a month from December
    2012 to January 2014 in four sampling stations at Bukit Merah Reservoir (BMR). The concentration of dissolved oxygen
    (DO), water temperature, conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), total phosphorous (TP), PO4
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    , NO2
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    , NO3
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    , NH4
    + and
    net primary productivity had significant differences temporally (p<0.05) except for pH, total suspended solids (TSS)
    and chlorophyll-a. Based on correlation analysis, the amount of rainfall and rain days has negatively correlated with
    secchi depth and chlorophyll-a (p<0.01). The water level has significantly decreased the value of the temperature, pH,
    conductivity, TP and NO2
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    but it has positive correlation with NO3
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    and NH4
    +. Discharged from Sungai Kurau increased
    the value of conductivity, TSS, TP and NO2
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    as a result from runoff and erosion, thus decreasing the secchi depth values,
    NO3
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    and NH4
    +. The water quality of BMR is classified in Class II and TSI indicates that the BMR has an intermediate level
    of productivity (mesotrophic) and meets the objective of this reservoir which was to provide water for paddy irrigation.
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