Title :
Study of bioindicator at mangrove island: Case study of Carey Island
Author :
Kamarudin, Faizah ; Wahid, Marfiah Ab. ; Bakar, Azinoor Azida Abu ; Ahmad, Nurhafidzah ; Atan, Ismail ; Yahya, Zahrullaili ; Tahir, Wardah ; Ahmad, Juhaizad ; Baki, Aminuddin
Author_Institution :
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper reviews on the bioindicator for Carey Island which is one of the mangrove islands in Malaysia. The bioindicator was used to assess the level of river pollution at Judah, Air Hitam and Keluang River rather than using normal test such as Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) tests. The bioindicators found at the sampling site were river crab, adult beetles and nymphs. By referring to the score sheet, the Biological Water Quality Index (BWQI) was calculated. As a result, the average BWQI value for all rivers indicated in range rather dirty. Meanwhile, the Chemical Water Quality Index (CWQI) shows that all the rivers were polluted in general.
Keywords :
Biology; Chemicals; Indexes; Oxygen; Rivers; Water pollution; Bioindicator; Biological Water Quality Index; Chemical Water Quality Index;
Conference_Titel :
Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bandung, Indonesia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1632-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISBEIA.2012.6422912
