BIOMONITORING OF STREAMS: USING EPHEMEROPTERA, PLECOPTERA AND TRICHOPTERA (EPT) IN RESPONSES TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USE AT TABIN WILDLIFE RESERVE (TWR), LAHAD DATU, SABAH, MALAYSIA

A preliminary study on three aquatic insect orders, namely Ephemeroptera (mayfly), Plecoptera (stonefly), and Trichoptera (caddisfly) (EPT) was conducted at Tabin Wildlife Reserve (TWR), Lahad Datu, Sabah in January and February 2015. The objectives of this study were to determine (i) the composition of EPT along a stream at TWR, (ii) the distribution of EPT in each different land use at TWR, and (iii) the relationship between EPT communities and the water quality of the stream at TWR. Kick net sampling technique was used for collecting the EPT communities along Sg. Lipad of TWR. The most domi... Mehr ...