Trophic level and position of Pterygoplichthys pardalis in Ciliwung River (Jakarta, Indonesia) ecosystem based on the gut content analysis

Elfidasari, Dewi and Wijayanti, Fahma and Sholihah, Afifatus (2020) Trophic level and position of Pterygoplichthys pardalis in Ciliwung River (Jakarta, Indonesia) ecosystem based on the gut content analysis. Biodiversitas, 21 (6). pp. 2862-2870. ISSN 2085-4722

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d210665

Abstract

The trophic level of an organism describes its sequence of natural diet visible to the food chain along with its ecosystem. This is also related to the type of diet composition and food fraction obtained by analyzing its gut content. The Pterygoplichthys pardalis from Ciliwung River show the diversity of the natural diet. The aims of this study is to determine the trophic level and position of P. pardalis in the Ciliwung River ecosystem based on gut content analysis using the purposive sampling method. Data were obtained from a total of 30 fishes from the Kalibata and Cawang areas through observations. The fishes were dissected, and gut contents were observed using a light microscope, with observations repeated 5 times of each sample. Data analysis includes relative length of gut, Index of Preponderance, area of the diet niche, niche area, niche overlap, and trophic level of an organism. The results showed that P. pardalis in Ciliwung River is at trophic level II, and included as herbivores (2.00 < troph < 2.90) that consist of Bacillariophyta (82.03%), Chlorophyta (12.7%), Cyanophyta (3.74%), Euglenophyta (1.19%), Amoebozoa (0.28%), and Dinoflagellata (0.68%).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ciliwung River, gut content, natural diets,Pterygoplichthys pardalis, trophic level
Subjects: 500 Natural sciences & mathematics > 570 Life sciences (Biology)
500 Natural sciences & mathematics > 570 Life sciences (Biology) > 577 Ecology
Divisions: Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia (UAI) > Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi (FST) > Biologi
Depositing User: Rifda Jilan
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2020 04:48
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2020 17:21
URI: http://eprints.uai.ac.id/id/eprint/1391

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