Trophic level and position of Pterygoplichthys pardalisin Ciliwung River(Jakarta, Indonesia)ecosystem based on the gut content analysis
Trophic level and position of Pterygoplichthys pardalisin Ciliwung River(Jakarta, Indonesia) ecosystem based on the gut content analysis
DEWI ELFIDASARI, FAHMA WIJAYANTI, AFIFATUS SHOLIHAH
B I O D I V E R S I T A SISSN: 1412-033X. E-ISSN: 2085-4722. Volume 21, Number 6, June 2020. Pages: 2862-2870. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d210665
Abstract. Elfidasari D, Wijayanti F, Sholihah A. 2020. Trophic level and Position of Pterygoplichthys pardalisin Ciliwung River(Jakarta, Indonesia)ecosystem based on the gut content analysis.Biodiversitas 21:2862-2870.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 pardalisfrom Ciliwung Rivershow the diversity of the natural diet. The aims of this study is to determine the trophic level and position of P. pardalisin the Ciliwung Riverecosystem based on gut content analysis using the purposive sampling method. Data were obtained from a total of 30 fishesfrom 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. pardalisin Ciliwung Riveris 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%).
Keywords: Ciliwung River, gut content, natural diets,Pterygoplichthys pardalis, trophic level