Decreased fish diversity found near marble industry effluents in River Barandu, Pakistan
| Autor: | Shahi Mulk, Azizullah Azizullah, Abdul Latif Korai, Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0106 biological sciences
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 010607 zoology Biodiversity Industrial Waste 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Toxicology 01 natural sciences Calcium Carbonate Rivers Abundance (ecology) Animals Pakistan Relative species abundance 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Ecology Fishes Species diversity Environmental Exposure General Medicine Environmental exposure Species evenness Environmental science Water quality Species richness Water Pollutants Chemical Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Ecotoxicology. 25:132-140 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3017 0963-9292 |
| Popis: | In a recently published study we observed that effluents from marble industry affected physicochemical characteristics of River Barandu in District Buner, Pakistan. These changes in water quality due to marble effluents may affect fish community. The present study was therefore conducted to evaluate the impacts of marble industry effluents on fish communities in River Barandu using abundance, richness, diversity and evenness of fish species as end point criteria. The fish samples were collected by local fishermen on monthly basis from three selected sites (upstream, effluents/industrial, and downstream sites). During the study period, a total of 18 fish species were found belonging to 4 orders, 5 families and 11 genera. The Cyprinidae was observed to be the dominant family at all the three selected sites. Lower abundance and species diversity was observed at the industrial (22%) and downstream sites (33%) as compared to the upstream site (45%). Effluents of marble industry were associated with lower abundance of species in River Barandu. It is recommended that industries should be shifted away from the vicinity of river and their effluents must be treated before discharging to prevent further loss of fish abundance and diversity in the River. |
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