Water Quality Evaluation of Central Lombok Awang Bay Using Zooplankton Diversity as a Bioindicator
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.biotropika.2024.012.01.06Keywords:
Awang Bay, bioindicator, water quality, zooplanktonAbstract
The water quality in Awang Bay, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, is considered to be polluted due to human activities. This research aims to evaluate the water quality in Teluk Awang based on the physicochemical properties of water and zooplankton as bioindicators. Sampling was conducted at three beach locations: Awang, Ujung Kelor, and Ekas. The physicochemical water quality parameters measured included water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), salinity, and transparency. Additionally, environmental factors were observed based on the naturalness and hemeroby index. The result of the identification and counting of the abundance of each zooplankton can then be used to analyze including taxa richness, total density, the diversity index of Shannon-Wiener (HSW), Margalef diversity index, Simpson diversity index, evenness index (E), and dominance index (C). The resulting research indicated that the physicochemical water qualities have met government quality standards for marine biota needs, except for the level of transparency at Ekas Station 3. Ekas Beach has the highest level of transparency, diversity, taxa richness, and total abundance of zooplankton, indicating the best water quality. Ujung Kelor Beach, which has the highest level of naturalness and the highest DO concentration, has moderate zooplankton diversity, indicating that the water quality is in the medium category. Meanwhile, Awang Beach, which had the highest human activity and the worst water quality, was characterized by low levels of transparency and DO, low diversity, taxa richness, and an abundance of zooplankton. Therefore, diversity, taxa richness, and abundance of zooplankton can be used as a bioindicator for changes in water quality.
References
Erlania, Radiarta IN, Sugama K (2014) Dinamika kelimpahan benih lobster (Panulirus spp.) di Perairan Teluk Gerupuk, Nusa Tenggar Barat. Tantangan Pengembangan Teknologi Budidaya Lobster, J. Ris. Akuakultur 9(3): 475-486.
Shahabudin MM, Musa S (2018) Occurrence of surface water contaminations: an overview. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 140(012058).
Zhang L, Shen T, Cheng Y, Zhao T, Li L, Qi P (2020) Temporal and spatial variations in the bacterial community composition in Lake Bosten, A Large, Brackish Lake in China. Scientific Reports 10(304):1-10.
AbdAllah AT, Ghazwani AA, Alfifi MH (2018) Biodiversity of zooplankton at some mangrove habitats at Jazan coastal areas. Life Science Journal 15(10): 61-65.
Zannatul F, Z, Muktadir AKM (2009) A review: potentiality of zooplankton as bioindicator. American Journal of Applied Sciences 6 (10): 1815-1819.
Kamlesh M, Prahlad D (2018) A critical review of zooplankton studies of lentic water bodies of India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences 7(3): 79-83.
Hemraj DA, Hossain MA, Ye Q, Qin JG, Leterme SC (2017) Plankton bioindicators of environmental conditions in coastal lagoons. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 184: 102-114.
Rashid H, Prakash MM (2022) Zooplanktons as bioindicators of water pollution from Vikram Tearth Sarovar Ujjain (M.P). Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results 13(Special Issue 5): 888-895.
Machado A (2004) An index of naturalness. Journal for Nature Conservation 12(2): 95-110.
Kim YM, Zerbe S, Kowarik I (2002) Human impact on flora and habitats in Korean rural settlements. Preslia 74: 409–419.
Hickman CP, Roberts LS, Keen SL, Larson A, l'Anson H, Eisenhour DJ (2011) Integrated Principles of Zoology.15th edition. Mc-Graw Hills Higher Education Publishers. Boston, Madrid
Kalipci E, Varol S, Hüseyin Cüce (2020) Evaluation of water quality and trophic condition of Yuvacik (Kocaeli-Turkey) drinking water dam reservoir. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 6(2): 128-139.
Mesquita MC, Prestes ACC, Gomes AM, Marinho MM (2020) Direct effects of temperature on growth of different tropical phytoplankton species. Microbial Ecology 79: 1-11.
Dalpadado R, Amarasinghe D, Gunathilaka N (2022) Water quality characteristics of breeding habitats in relation to the density of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in domestic settings in Gampaha district of Sri Lanka. Acta Tropica 229:106339.
Cahyaningsih AP, Deanova, AK, Pristiawati CM, Ulumuddin YI, Kusumaningrum L, Setyawan AD (2022) Causes and impacts of anthropogenic activities on mangrove deforestation and degradation in Indonesia. International Journal of Bonorowo Wetlands, 12(1): 12-22
Nurfadillah N, Desrita D, Dewiyanti I, Rahayu RS, Maulidawati S, Sari S, Karina I (2022) Community structure of plankton in Aneuk Laot Lake Sabang Pulau Weh. E3S Web of Conferences 339: 03008.
Xiang C, Ke Z, Li K, Liu J, Zhou L, Lian X, Tan Y (2021) Effects of terrestrial inputs and seawater intrusion on zooplankton community structure in Daya Bay, South China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 167: 112331.
Israel AA, Gordo FC, Gutierrez GJ, Kozak ER (2015) Reproductive biology, embryo and early larval morphology, and development rates of krill (Euphausia lamelligera and Euphausia distinguenda), endemic to the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Sex Early Dev Aquat Org 1: 143–161.
Moon SY, Choi JH, Kim JN, Ki SK, Maran BA (2016) New extension range and complementary description of Eurytemora americana (Calanoida: Temoridae) in northern Korea. Marine Biodiversity Records 9: 76.
Sorensen L, Rogers E, Altin D, Salaberria I, Booth AM (2020) Sorption of PAHs to microplastic and their bioavailability and toxicity to marine copepods under co-exposure conditions. Environmental Pollution 258: 113844.
Zhang K, Jiang F, Chen H, Dibar DT, Wu Q, Zhou Z (2019) Temporal and spatial variations in zooplankton communities in relation to environmental factors in four floodplain lakes located in the middle reach of the Yangtze River, China. Environ. Pollut. 251: 277–284.
Pang Y, Tian Y, Fu C, Wang B, Li J, Ren Y, Wan R (2018) Variability of coastal cephalopods in overexploited China Seas under climate change with implications on fisheries management. Fish. Res. 208: 22–33.
Halpern BS, Walbridge S, Selkoe KA, Kappel CV, Micheli F, Bruno JF, Casey KS, Ebert C, Fox HE, Fujita R, Heinemann D, Lenihan HS, Madin EMP, Perry MT, Selig ER, Spalding M, Steneck R, Watson R (2008) A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems. Science 319(5865): 948–952.
Borgwardt F, Robinson L, Trauner D, Teixeira H, Nogueira AJ, Lillebo AI, Piet G, Kuemmerlen M, O’Higgins T, McDonald H, Arevalo Torres J, Barbosa AL, Iglesias Campos A, Hein T, Culhane F (2019) Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems. Sci. Total Environ. 652: 1396–1408.
Jakhar P (2013) Role of phytoplankton and zooplankton as health indicators of aquatic ecosystem: A review. Int. J. Innov. Res. Stud, 2: 489–500.
Jahan R, Bodratti AM, Tsianou M, Alexandridis P (2020) Biosurfactants, natural alternatives to synthetic surfactants: Physicochemical properties and applications. Advances in colloid and interface science 275:102061.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Biotropika: Journal of Tropical Biology
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Copyright and Attribution:
Articles in Biotropika: Journal of Tropical Biology are under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC-BY-NC) copyright. The work has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or part of a published lecture or thesis) and it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. When the manuscript is accepted for publication in this journal, the authors agree to the automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher.
Journal of Biotropika: Journal of Tropical Biology is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Permissions:
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere and by other authors are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from one of the authors.
Ethical matters:
Experiments with animals or involving human patients must have had prior approval from the appropriate ethics committee. A statement to this effect should be provided within the text at the appropriate place. Experiments involving plants or microorganisms taken from countries other than the author's own must have had the correct authorization for this exportation.
