Fluctuating asymmetry of Chironomus spp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae in association with water quality and metal pollution in Permatang Rawa River in the Juru River Basin, Penang, Malaysia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Al Shami, Salman Abdo ^a   Che Salmah, Mad Rawi ^a   Abu Hassan, Ahmad ^a   Siti Azizah, Mohd Nor ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Environmental stress; Fluctuating asymmetry; Water and sediment quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM-N; BENTHIC SEDIMENTS; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMIDS; CHIRONOMUS; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HEAD CAPSULE; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MALAYSIA; METAL POLLUTION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTED RIVERS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL METALS; RICE FIELDS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEGMENT LENGTHS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

AMMONIUM; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; LARVA; PADDY FIELD; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PH; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHIRONOMUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; LARVA; MALAYSIA; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

JURU RIVER; MALAYSIA; PENANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 79951947099     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0528-4     Document Type: Article

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