Hydrology of the horseshoe crab nesting grounds at Pahang coast, Malaysia

Oriental Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1475-1483

  Akbar John, B ^a,b   Kamaruzzaman, B Y ^a,b   Jalal, K C A ^a,b   Zaleha, K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DO and horseshoe crab nesting ground; PH; Physicochemical parameters; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857342825     PISSN: 0970020X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Albrecht, S. L, Baune, H. L. M., Rasmussen, P. E., & Douglas, J. C. L, Light fraction soil organic matter in long-term agroecosystems. Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Annual Report, 977: 38-42 (1997).
2. Alongi, D. M., Ecology of tropical soft-bottom benthos: a review with emphasis on emerging concepts. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 37: 85-100 (1989).
3. Alongi, D. M., The ecology of tropical soft-bottom benthic ecosystems. Oceanogrphy and Marine Biology Annual Review 28:381-496(1990).
4. Bachelet, G., de Montaudouin, X., Auby, I., & Labourg, P.-J., Seasonal changes in macrophyte and macrozoobenthos assemblages in three coastal lagoons under varying degrees of eutrophication. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, 57(5): 1495-1506 (2000). (Pubitemid 32108853)
5. Bowmer, K. H., & Muirhead, W. A., Inhibition of algal photosynthesis to control pH and reduce ammonia volatilization from rice floodwater. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 13(1): 13-29 (1987).
6. Brockmann, H. J., An experimental approach to altering mating tactics in male horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Behavioral Ecology, 13(2): 232-238 (2002). (Pubitemid 34290279)
7. CCME., Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: Dissolved Oxygen (Marine) Publication (1299). Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (1999).
8. Chabot, C. C., Skinner, S. J., & Watson, W. H., Rhythms of Locomotion Expressed by Limulus polyphemus, the American Horseshoe Crab: I. Synchronization by Artificial Tides. The Biological Bulletin, 215(1): 34-45 (2008).
9. Chatterji, A., Kotnala, S., & Mathew, R., Effect of salinity on larval growth of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller). Current science, 87: 248-249 (2004).
10. Chiu, H. M. C., Hydrography and pollution of five shores in Hong Kong. In B. Morton (Ed.), Asian Marine Biology 15:35-71: Hong Kong University Press (1998).
11. Ehlinger, G. S., & Tankersley, R. A., Larval hatching in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus: facilitation by environmental cues. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 292(2): 199-212 (2003). (Pubitemid 37056752)
12. EOS., Transaction American Geophysical Union: Trends in Marine Dissolved Oxygen: Implications for ocean circulation changes and the carbon budget., 84:197-204 (2003).
13. ESL/RPI/GLDD., Environmental monitoring reports (2001-2004) of the Keta Sea Defence Project Works (KSDPW) - Technical Report. Environmental Protection Agency (2004).
14. Gosain, A. K., Sandhya, R., & Debajit, B., Climate change impact assessment on hydrology on Indian river basins. Current science, 90: 346-353 (2006).
15. Hagberg, J., & Tunberg, B. G., Studies on the Covariation between Physical Factors and the Long-Term Variation of the Marine Soft Bottom Macrofauna in Western Sweden. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 50(3): 373-385 (2000).
16. Halim, A. M. A., Khair, A. E. M., Fahmy, M. A., & Shridah, M. A. (2007). Environmental Assessment on the Aqaba Gulf coastal waters, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research., 33, 1-14.
17. Hill, M. N., The Composition of Sea-water Comparative and Descriptive Oceanography. Harvard University Press (2005).
18. Janet E, N., Remote sensing of water quality in the Singapore-Johor-Riau growth triangle. Remote Sensing of Environment, 43(2): 139-148(1993).
19. Kröncke, I., Structure and function of macrofaunal communities influenced by hydrodynamically controlled food availability in the Wadden Sea, the open North Sea, and the Deep-sea. A synopsis. Marine Biodiversity, 36(2): 123-164 (2006). (Pubitemid 44793600)
20. Kumar, A., Fundamentals of Limnology. APH Publishing Corporation (2005).
21. Lamptey, E., & Armah, A., Factors Affecting Macrobenthic Fauna in a Tropical Hypersaline Coastal Lagoon in Ghana, West Africa. Estuaries and Coasts, 31(5): 1006-1019 (2008).
22. Liang, S. H., Shieh, B. S., & Fu, Y. S., A structural equation model for physicochemical variables of water benthic invertebrates and feeding activity of water birds in the Sitsao wetlands of Southern Taiwan. Zoological Studies, 414: 441-451 (2002). (Pubitemid 36218378)
23. Lomas, J. G. d., Corzo, A., Garcfa, C. M., & Bergeijk, S. A. V., Microbenthos in a hypersaline tidal lagoon: factors affecting microhabitat, community structure and mass exchange at the sediment-water interface. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 38(1): 53-69 (2005). (Pubitemid 40263301)
24. Mazzola, A., Mirto, S., & Danovaro, R., Initial Fish-Farm Impact on Meiofaunal Assemblages in Coastal Sediments of the Western Mediterranean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 38(12): 1126-1133 (1999). (Pubitemid 30016042)
25. Mistri, M., Fano, E. A., Rossi, G., Caselli, K., & Rossi, R., Variability in Macrobenthos Communities in the Valli di Comacchio, Northern Italy, a Hypereutrophized Lagoonal Ecosystem. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 51(5): 599-611 (2000). (Pubitemid 32003736)
26. Morton, B., & Wu, S. S., The hydrology of the coastal waters of Hong Kong. Environmental Research, 10(3): 319-347 (1975).
27. Ogunwenmo, Christiana, A., & Osuala, I. A., Physico-chemical parameters and macrobenthos of an estuarine creek and an artificial pond in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria. acta SATECH, 1(2): 128-132 (2004).
28. Penjan, R. A., Siriporn, P., Natinee, S., & Somboon, S., Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen and Water Masses of Vietnamese Waters. Proceedings of the SEAFDEC Seminar on Fishery Resources in the South China Sea, Area IV Vietnamese Waters. 346-355 (1999).
29. Penn, D., & Brock, H. J., Nest-Site Selection in the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus. Biological Bulletin, 187(3): 373-384 (1994).
30. Pinder, L. C. V., Ladel, M., Gledhill, T, Bass, J. A. M., & Matthews, A. M., Biological surveillance ofwater quality-1. A comparison of macroinvertebrate surveillance methods in relation to assessment ofwater quality, in a chalk stream. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 109: 207-226 (1987).
31. Prashant, J. J., Tahir, A. A., & Saad, N. K., Assessment of dissolved oxygen in coastal waters of Benghazi, Libya. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 15: 135-156 (2009).
32. Rodrigues, N., Sharma, R., & Nagender Nath, B., Impact of benthic disturbance on megafauna in Central Indian Basin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 48(16), 3411-3426 (2001). (Pubitemid 32907986)
33. Rosenberg, R., Agrenius, S., Hellman, B., Nilsson, H. C., & Norling, K., Recovery of marine benthic habitats and fauna in a Swedish fjord following improved oxygen conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 234: 43-53 (2002). (Pubitemid 34689062)
34. Shuster, C. N., Observations on the natural history of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphernus. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Contribution, 564: 18-23(1950).
35. Sivadas, S., Ingole, B., & Nanajkar, M., Temporal variability of macrofauna from a disturbed habitat in Zuari estuary, west coast of India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 173(1), 65-78 (2011).
36. Team, O. U. O. C., Seawater: its composition, properties and behaviour. Butterworth-Heinemann (1995).
37. Yap, C., Rahim, I. K. A., Ismail, A., & Tan, S. G., Species Diversity of Macrobenthic Invertebrates in the Semenyih River, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 26(2): 139-146 (2003).
38. Zaleha, K., Hazwani, I., Siti Hamidah, H., Kamaruzzaman, B.Y., & Jalal, K.C. A., Effect of Salinity on the Egg Hatching and Early Larvae of Horseshoe Crab Tachypleus gigas (Muller, 1785) in Laboratory Culture. Journal of Applied Sciences (2011).
39. Zaleha, K., Kamaruzzaman, B. Y, John, B. A., & Ong, M. C., Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia. Journal of Biological Sciences, 10(8), 790-794(2010).