The assessment of demersal fish community structure in Kuala Langsa estuary, Langsa City

Abstract

The research was conducted from May to July 2022 in six zones to determine the diversity, niche width, distribution, and community structure of demersal fish. Fish were surveyed using a drift gillnet at a maximum depth of 15 m, identified, and analyzed using clusters and nMDS to determine their grouping. SIMPER analysis was used to discover individual variations between zones and depth strata, while ANOVA was used to determine the significance of individual fish observed. The results of the study found 8 species, 8 genera, and 8 families with Eubleekeria splendens as well as Chelonodon patoca having the highest niche widths (04.42 dan 04.33), then E. splendens, Terapon jarbua, Scatophagus argus, Plotosus canius, C. Patoca, and Johnius carouna were relatively abundant (frequency > 80%). Aside from that, J. carouna is the fish with the most individuals discovered (82 ind and 32.54%). Cluster analysis and nMDS are divided into two groups, with J. carouna being the differentiator between fish groupings based on zonation and C. chanos, C. patoca, and J. carouna being the differentiator between fish groupings based on depth strata. Furthermore, the ANOVA test reveals that individual demersal fish between zones have a significance of < 0.05, whereas individual demersal fish between depth strata have a significance of > 0.05.