The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment

Urban expanse problem causes degradation of biodiversity, while forest contemporaneous is experiencing defaunation alteration for the need of more living spaces. Consequently, the world has just been alerted with the inclination of the urban biodiversity. Human tendency to ignore healthy ecology cau...

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Main Authors:	Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim, Ramli, Lukman, Othman, Rashidi
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences
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spelling	iium-473472017-11-27T03:38:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47347/ The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim Ramli, Lukman Othman, Rashidi GE Environmental Sciences Urban expanse problem causes degradation of biodiversity, while forest contemporaneous is experiencing defaunation alteration for the need of more living spaces. Consequently, the world has just been alerted with the inclination of the urban biodiversity. Human tendency to ignore healthy ecology causes the research on urban wildlife to be bawl in these recent years, which later lead to severe effects such as loss of natural habitat, fragmentation and disturbance. However, the research conducted specifically on amphibian as bioindicator to environmental changes is still very low, as it covers only 4 percent every decade analysis, though many researchers believe amphibian such as frog is the best indicator to healthy environment. Momentarily, this research aimed to identify and record the number of amphibian population that can be used as new bio-indicator for a healthy environment in Perdana Botanical Lake Garden, Kuala Lumpur. Four areas of wetlands were assessed and conducted on amphibian active time which is at night as well as landscape setting. Results showed that six amphibian species of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Common Sunda Toad), Hylarana erythraea (Green Paddy Frog), Polypedates leucomystax (Four-line Tree Frog), Fejervarya cancrivora (Crab-eating Frog), Microphyla heymonsi (Dark sided chorus frof) and Fejervarya limnocharis (Indian Rice Frog) were observed. The highest species of amphibian recorded were Hylarana erythraea with (n=80) which were found at all stations of Wetland 2 (largest wetland) and two stations at Wetland 3 (natural wetland), while others were less than (n=10). Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47347/1/susted_alam_cipta_with_article.pdf Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim and Ramli, Lukman and Othman, Rashidi (2015) The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment. Alam Cipta : International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practise, 8 (1). pp. 76-82. ISSN 1823-7231 E-ISSN 2289-3687 http://www.frsb.upm.edu.my/sp/page/4494/alamciptavol8sp12015bm
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spellingShingle	GE Environmental Sciences Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim Ramli, Lukman Othman, Rashidi The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
description	Urban expanse problem causes degradation of biodiversity, while forest contemporaneous is experiencing defaunation alteration for the need of more living spaces. Consequently, the world has just been alerted with the inclination of the urban biodiversity. Human tendency to ignore healthy ecology causes the research on urban wildlife to be bawl in these recent years, which later lead to severe effects such as loss of natural habitat, fragmentation and disturbance. However, the research conducted specifically on amphibian as bioindicator to environmental changes is still very low, as it covers only 4 percent every decade analysis, though many researchers believe amphibian such as frog is the best indicator to healthy environment. Momentarily, this research aimed to identify and record the number of amphibian population that can be used as new bio-indicator for a healthy environment in Perdana Botanical Lake Garden, Kuala Lumpur. Four areas of wetlands were assessed and conducted on amphibian active time which is at night as well as landscape setting. Results showed that six amphibian species of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Common Sunda Toad), Hylarana erythraea (Green Paddy Frog), Polypedates leucomystax (Four-line Tree Frog), Fejervarya cancrivora (Crab-eating Frog), Microphyla heymonsi (Dark sided chorus frof) and Fejervarya limnocharis (Indian Rice Frog) were observed. The highest species of amphibian recorded were Hylarana erythraea with (n=80) which were found at all stations of Wetland 2 (largest wetland) and two stations at Wetland 3 (natural wetland), while others were less than (n=10).
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author	Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim Ramli, Lukman Othman, Rashidi
author_facet	Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim Ramli, Lukman Othman, Rashidi
author_sort	Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim
title	The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
title_short	The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
title_full	The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
title_fullStr	The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
title_full_unstemmed	The diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
title_sort	diversity of amphibian species in urban lake as ecological indicator for healthy aquatic environment
publisher	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2015
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