Journal of Biological Sciences1727-30481812-5719Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jbs.2006.365.369HengLee Yook ChukongLee Nyanti StuebingRobert B. OmarMani 2200662A record of the water quality and fish fauna composition
of the Luagan Rompong oxbow lake of the Padas River near Beaufort, the
Kalandaun and Kalananap oxbow lakes of the Kinabatangan River at Sukau
is presented in this study. The water quality of all three oxbow lakes
exhibited wide daily variation in dissolved oxygen content (3.9-12.4 mg
L-1) and also large changes in daily water, especially for
the Kinabatangan oxbow lakes. All three lakes demonstrated different composition
of fish fauna with the Cyprinidae famili (45-80%) dominating in the lakes.
The Shannon-Weiner diversity indices for fish from all the lakes were
between 2.15 and 3.13 with the Kalandaun Lake at the Kinabatangan River
showed highest fish fauna diversity.]]>Abdul Rashid, Z., E. Arthur, E. Awang, J. Ibrahim and P.C. Liong,19891989APHA,19921st Edn.,Chapman, D.,1992pp: 585pp: 585Inger, R.F. and P.K. Chin,199045267267Izaguirre, I., I. O'Farrell, F. Unrein, R. Sinistro, M.S. Afonso and G. Tell,20045112536Knight, S.S. and T.D. Welch,20012001Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak,1991Miranda, L.E., J.A. Hargreaves, S.W. Raborn,2001457177185Pithart, D.,19991393113Roberts, T.R.,1989