Congruence patterns of aquatic communities in a tropical river basin, Malaysia

Al-Shami,, Salman Abdo and Md Rawi, Che Salmah and Abdul Hamid, Suhaila and Abdul, Nurul Huda and Rusli, Mariam Zhafarina and Wan Mohd Adnan, Wan Nur Asiah and Mohd Ishadi, Nur Adibah and Zakeyuddin, Mohd Shafiq and Abdulkareem Al-Qormuti, Sanya and Al-Mutairi, Khalid A. and Yap, Chee Kong (2021) Congruence patterns of aquatic communities in a tropical river basin, Malaysia. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 41 (1). pp. 50-56. ISSN 1000-0933 E-ISSN 1872-2032

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Abstract

The loss of aquatic biodiversity in tropical streams of SE Asia is evident due to increasing anthropogenic activities. Therefore, there is a necessity for immediate and feasible conservation plans. Effective conservation planning depends on successful application of surrogate groups. However, progress of this approach is hindered by the paucity of relevant reports based on cross-taxon congruence analysis. In this study, we investigated congruence patterns among aquatic groups (Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera, Odonata and fish) in six rivers located in the Kerian River Basin (KRB), Malaysia. Species richness was significantly correlated among aquatic groups (except for Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera where r = 0.040 and P = 0.202). The strongest relationship in species richness was reported between Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. The Mantel's r coefficient of similarity matrices (based on the Bray-Curtis distance measure) showed a positive correlation between the matrices of Ephemeroptera-Trichoptera and Plecoptera-Trichoptera. However, a negative relationship was reported between Odonata-fish matrices. The relationships between average Trichoptera-Odonata distance to the centroid (i.e. beta diversity) among the aquatic groups were also investigated. The strongest relationship in the average to the centroids was reported between Ephemeroptera and Odonata (R2 = 0.424, P < 0.05). However, the weakest relationship was reported between Trichoptera and fish with R2 value of 0.024. It is concluded that richness of Plecoptera, Odonata and fish showed correlations patterns, and these can be used as surrogates for each other with some restrictions.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	8105/88583
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Congruence, Malaysia, Tropical stream, Freshwater communities, Conservation,
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH541.13 Ecology Q Science > QL Zoology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Plant Science
Depositing User:	DR. NURUL HUDA ABDUL
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2021 21:56
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2021 14:34
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/88583

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