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,:l / I / Impact of Tsunami on Demersal Fish Assemblages Off Kedah and Penang Waters "Fisheries Research Institute, 11960 Batu Maung, Penang liThe WorldFish Center; 11960 Batu Maung. Penang Abstract: Multivariate techniques i.e., classification and ordination analysis were used to analyze scientific trawl survey data that was obtained before and after the tsunami incident in the coastal waters of Kedah and Penang states of Malaysia. The aims of these analyses are to evaluate demerSal fish assemblage structure and to determine possible effects of the 26 December 2004 tsunami on the fisheries resources. Results indicate that spatial patterns of demersal fish assemblages were influenced by depth with two asseinblage groups i.e., "shallow" and "deep" delineated at about 35 m in Penang waters while about 20 - 30 m offKedah. Depth significantly influenced the assemblage groups in Penang but not for Kedah. However, the assemblage delineations were consistent between the pre- and post-tsunami surveys in both areas. In terms of species composition, differences on the major species were observed between "shallow and "deep" assemblage groups. However, the dominant"species at the same assemblage group during the preand post-tsunami showed similar patterns. Moreover, relative density of species/taxa associated with "shallow" assemblage was relatively higher in Penang waters. For Kedah, the "deep" assemblage showed relatively higher density than the "shallow" assemblage group. Abstrak: Teknik multivariat iaitu pengkelasan dan analisis ordinasi telah digunakan untuk analisis data dari survei pukat tunda yang dijalankan sebelum dan selepas kejadian tsunami di perairan pantai negeri Kedah dan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Tujuan analisis ini adalah untuk menilai struktur kumpulan ikan demersal dan melihat kemungkinan kesan tsunami yang berlaku pada 26 Disember 2004 ke atasnya. Keputusan analisis menunjukkan corak taburan kumpulan ikan demersal adalah dipengaruhi oleh kedalaman dengan dua kumpulan iaitu 'cetek' dan 'dalam' yang dipisahkan pada kedalaman 35 m di perairan Pulau Pinang dan 20 -.30 m di perairan Kedah. Bagaimanapun garis pemisahan kumpulan ini adalah sarna sebelum dan selepas berlakunya tsunami. Dari segi komposisi spesies, terdapat perbezaan pada spesies utama diantara kumpulan 'cetek' dan 'dalam'. Tetapi spesies utama pada setiap kumpulan menunjukkan corak yang sama sebelum dan selepas tsunami. Kepadatan relatif spesies-spesies pada kumpulan 'cetek' adalah lebih tinggi di perairan Pulau Pinang. Di perairan Kedah, kumpulan 'dalam' mempunyai kepadatan relatif yang lebih tinggi berbanding kumpulan kumpulan 'cetek'. The giant wave or tsunami on 26 December 2004 has destroyed and impacted several coastal areas in northwest Peninsular Malaysia. The most affected areas based on FAO study were Kedah and Penang where more than 7,700 fishers were affected and some 100 private and public jetties and landing sites were damaged or destroyed (Stobutzki and Hall, 2005). The waters of Kedah and Penang are among the important fishing ground in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The concern arise from this disaster was the aftermath effect of the tsunami to the fisheries resources in these areas. In response to these concerns, demersal trawl surveys were conducted by the Fisheries Research Institute in 2005 to monitor the status of the fisheries resources in this area. Trawl surveys have been conducted in Malaysia since 1970s hence provided some baseline data in the areas affected by tsunami. The area covered in the 2005 survey were generally less than 30 nm from the shoreline and between 10 to 50 m depth. Community ecology focuses on identifying patterns of species abundance in geographical space, its variation over time and the causes thereof (McManus, 1997). It has been observed that these data have typically been analyzed through some form of statistical correlation between species abundance and Table 1: Fishing areas covered by the scientific trawl surveys in coastal waters ofPenang and Kedah Survey area Penang Kedah Depth Sampling No. of stations date 10-50 m 19 10-50 m 18 10-50 m 15 May 2004 10-50 m 16 February 2004 10-50 m 15 February 2005 I June 2000 July-August 2005 •• .• • • •• • •••••• •••• •• •• •• • • • Figure 1: Location of the study areas in Kedah and Penang waters on northwest of Peninsular Malaysia from which data were analyzed for spatial and temporal patterns of demersal fish (i.e., "shallow and "deep"). Cluster analysis also showed consistent station groups as the MDS analysis and were delineated at 35 m depth (Fig. 2). The post-tsunami data also resulted into two assemblage groups of stations and likewise delineated at 35 m depth (Fig. 3). Depth appeared to have a significant relationship with the assemblage groupings ofthe stations for Penang waters, before and after the tsunami (Table 2). Table 3 shows the top 20 species found in the two assemblage groups. It is apparent that "deep" assemblage (>35 m) was dominated by Upeneus sulphureus and Nemipterus japonicus while the "shallow" «35 m) assemblage by Dasyatis spp., Himantura walga andPennahia anea. It was also noted that density of the species associated with the "deep" assemblage group were relatively lower than those in the "shallow" assemblages (Table 3). Although species composition was observed to be varied between the assemblage groups for the pre and post - tsunami, there were only slight differences in the major species. Fig. 4 shows the spatial distribution of U sulphureus in Penang waters before and after the tsunami. It is observed that this species was generally present in all stations but were relatively more abundant in deeper stations (Table 3). On the other hand, N. japonicus seems to occur only in deep stations \\~ ~ \0 ~.~, b 0 0\. ·······\CD :'-~~'I ' \...:..\.:?) \ .... .. o Deef! o Shallow ....... \ ~\ "~\ Figure 2: Geographical delineation of shallow and deep fish assemblage groups in Penang at approximately 35 m depth contour (Pre-tsunami, June 2000) lysis and roups of tionship 2). .. , ., ..~ , "deep" lallow" jensity ,, . ~2M7 ?' .. ~ :'l ..~ the en the s. III ?' ..~ ~r the more tions ?' •.~ 'l"m , , , , , ,, , . ,, , , 0 0 ,, ,, .,, , :"'m 0 , , ,, . .. ~ Cl , 0 , ., 0 \0 ,, , , '-<;:> 0" ;: 0 CJ 0 ,,,-, 99"59"5CTE l00"3"O"E lW6'lTE 0 1.25 s ,. 7.' NIlUtiC*lMI., " l00"9"O"E 0 W+E 0'", Shaltow' 99"56'4O"E 0 'lo , ~ '-~" , , lW12'O"E lW152O"E locrl8'4O"E 100"22'O"E Figure 3: Geographical delineation of shallow and deep fish assemblage groups in Penang at approximately 35 m depth contour (Post-tsunami, June 2005) Table 2: The average depth and S.E of stations in each fish assemblages group in Penang and Kedah (Pre and Post-tsunami) and one way ANOVA's comparing depth among assemblages group State/Survey Penang Penang Kedah area Sampling date Kedah group No. of stations Average deptb S.E df F P-value 1.17 91.72 <0.001 1.16 22.89 <0.001 1.13 0.71 > 0.001 1.13 8.25 >0.001 1.13 6.29 >0.001 June 2000 Shallow II 12.63 12.63 (pre-tsunami) Deep 8 37.91 6.56 July 2005 Shallow 7 18.57 36.39 (Post-tsunami) Deep II 35.73 9.11 5 24.80 51.30 10 30.30 48.98 May/August 2004 (Pre-tsunami) Kedah Assemblages Shallow Deep February 2005 Shallow 8 21.25 14.12 (post-tsunami) Deep 7 35.14 53.85 May 2005 Shallow 7 21.43 31.23 (post-tsunami) Deep 8 35.00 46.67 0\ Table 3: Relative density (tJkm2) oftop 20 species in the demersal fish assemblage groups between the pre- and post-tsunami surveys in coastal waters w off Penang, Malaysia Pre-tsunami "Shallow" Assemblage (July 2000) Post-tsunami "Deep" Assemblage Taxonomic Name Density Taxonomic Name Dasyatis sp. 0.2468 Himantura walga (June 2005) "Shallow" Assemblage "Deep" Assemblage Density Taxonomic Name Density Upeneus sulphureus 0.1212 Dasyatis zugei 0.1894 Nemipterus japonicus 0.1090 Pennahia anea Dasyatis zugei 0.1756 Siganus canaliculatus 0.0540 Johnieops sp. 0.1089 Dasyatis zugei 0.0493 Gymnura poecilura 0.0608 Cynoglossus macrolepidotus 0.0484 Johnieops sina 0.0350 Platycephalus sp. Pennahia macrophthalmus 0.0320 Arius thalassinus Taxonomic Name Density 0.2009 Upeneus sulphureus 0.0745 0.1955 Nemipterus japonicus 0.0695 Upeneus sulphureus 0.1597 Dasyatis zugei 0.0331 Himantura walga 0.11 53 Himantura gerradi 0.0165 Gymnura poecilura 0.0836 Trichiurus lepturus 0.0153 0.0414 Leiognathus splendens 0.0707 Lagocephalus spadiceus 0.0092 Upeneus bensasi 0.0366 Alepes vari 0.0516 Lagocephalus lunaris 0.0083 0.0247 Leiognathus elongatus 0.0363 Arius thalassinus 0.0432 Saurida tumbil 0.0075 Lagocephalus lunari 0.0247 Elates ransonneti 0.0243 Panna microdon 0.0311 Siganus canaliculatus 0.0069 Arius sp. 0.0217 Dasyatis sp. 0.0196 Otolithes ruber 0.0222 Epinephelus tauvina 0.0061 Chiloscyllium griseum 0.0088 Pennahia macrophthalmus 0.0192 Trichiurus lepturus 0.0198 Leiognathus bindus 0.0056 Chaetodon argus 0.0085 Apogon kiensis 0.0162 Lagocephalus lunaris 0.0175 Epinephelus sexfasciatus 0.0051 Platycephalus rodericensis 0.0083 Himantura walga 0.0147 Pennahia macrocephalus 0.0167 ChiloscyUium punctatum 0.0035 3' '0 l>l ~ 0 ...., r;;' ~ ::l l>l 2. 0 ::l ~ ::r '" ;I> '"'" (1) a 0- 5> Ot> Lagocephalus spadiceus 0.0071 Apogon lineatus 0.0115 Carangoides malabaricus 0.0159 Sphyraena jeUo 0.0034 Panna microdon 0.0071 Pomadasys argyreus 0.0112 Lutjanusjohnii 0.0142 Caranx sexfasciatus 0.0027 Pennahia macrocephalus 0.0060 Saurida tumbil 0.0104 Secutor ruconius 0.0123 Carangoides malabaricus 0.0026 Otolithes sp. 0.0048 Plotosus anguillaris 0.0103 Nemipterus japonicus 0.0121 Upeneus sundaicus 0.0025 Dasyatis kuhlii 0.0048 Dasyatis kuhlii 0.0099 Therapon theraps 0.0121 Leiognathus rivulatus 0.0020 Upeneus sulphureus 0.0040 Muraenesox cinereus 0.0099 Johnius belangeri 0.0113 Alectis indicus 0.0018 Others (141 spp I taxa) 0.0492 Others (141 spp I taxa) 0.1326 Others (141 spp I taxa) 0.1385 Others (141 spp I taxa) 0.0153 (1) '" (Fig. 5). Dasyatis spp., H. walga and P anea were observed more abundantly in shallow waters (Figs. 6, 7 and 8, respectively) and it is interesting to note that P anea was found to be more abundant and occur in both shallow and deep waters only after the tsunami. The analysis results for Penang suggest that there were two assemblage groups (see Figs. 2 and 3) and some species showed relatively higher in the shallow assemb1age (Table 3). In addition, species composition was found to be varied between assemblage groups, however, the major species during before and after the tsunami in the same assemblage group remained to be the same. 0 III 0 • 0 .. 0 I!II IilJ 0 0 IB8 lIP 0 IICJ 0 III .00 ill o o o Pre Tsunami Pre Tsunami (deep) (shallow) Post TsunarTi Post Tsunami • (deep) (Shallow) Figure 4: Distribution of U sulphureus in deep and shallow assemblages in Penang waters (Pre and Post-tsunami) } i g { D "'-, D eJ fl • D • D d:J D 110 DE! D III • D (ill D Cll o o o e Pre Tsunami (d_p) Pre Tsunami (shallow) Post Tsunami (deep) Post Tsunami (Shallow) Figure 5: Distribution of N. japonicus in deep and shallow assemblages in Penang waters (Pre and Post-tsunami) o o o " Pre Tsunami (deep) Pre Tsunami (shallow) W+E N S Po" Tsunam (deep) 00.51 '] 3 4 Post Tsunami (Shallow) Figure 6: Distribution of Dasyatidae in deep and shallow assemblages in Penang waters , (Pre and Post-tsunami) 0 0 • 0 0 0 Cb • • • 0 0 0 0 0 Pre Tsunami Pre Tsunami (deep) (shallow'J W+E N S Post Post Tsunami TsunalTi (deep) (Shallow) Figure 7: Distribution of H. walga in deep and shallow assemblages in Penang waters (Pre and Post-tsunami) o o o ~ Pre Tsunami Pre Tsunami (deep) (shalk;rw) Post Tsunam Post Tsunami (deep) {Sh_noo.o.1 Figure 8: Distribution of P. annea in deep and shallow assemblages in Penang waters (Pre and Post-tsunami) Analysis results for Kedah before the tsunami showed a "shallow" and a "deep" assemblage group with delineation at about 25-30 m (Fig. 9). Results for post-tsunami also showed a shallow and a deep assemblage group of stations (Figs. 10 and 11). However the mean depths of the assemblage groups were not significantly different. This indicated that other factors such as habitat or substrate type could have influenced the assemblage groupings. The survey in February 2005 was also more comparable with the pretsunami data in terms of the assemblage patterns (Fig. 10). However, there was slight difference in the distribution ofthe stations compared with the pre-tsunami survey. In terms of species composition, data from the February 2004 and the February 2005 were compared to avoid effects of seasonality. In the pre-tsunami, the most abundant species was Trichiurus lepturus in both assemblage groups while during the post-tsunami the "shallow" assemblage was dominated by Siganus canaliculatus (Table 4). In contrast with the results from Penang, it was noted that relative density of the species classified with the "deep" assemblage group were relatively higher than those with "shallow" assemblage. Figs. 12 and 13 illustrate the spatial distribution of T. lepturus and S. canaliculatus, respectively. It is noted that these species were found in both "shallow" and "deep" assemblage groups. However, T. lepturus showed relatively higher abundance in deeper stations while S. canaliculatus in shallow stations (Table 4). 0 0 0 0 0 '. Figure 9: Geographical delineation of shallow and deep fish assemblages groups in Kedah at approximately 25-30 m depth contour (Pre-tsunami, February 2004) gegroup :l a deep IpS were lId have the pree in the 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 were 7hiurus 0 ~e was ed that 1those 'llld S. o b..... 'deep" hile S. o o Deep Shallow Figure 10: Geographical delineation of shallow and deep fish assemblages groups in Kedah at approximately 25-30 m depth contour (post-tsunami, February 2005) o "'~ e ····...9 '. 0 25),0 •••.• o o Deep Shallow Figure 11: Geographical delineation of shallow and deep fish assemblages groups in Kedah at approximately 25-30 m depth contour (Post-tsunami, May 2005) ~ 0\ 'D Table 4: Relative density (tJkm2) of the top 20 species coastal waters offKedah, Malaysia in the demersal fish assemblage groups between Pre-tsunami (February 2004) "Shallow" Assemblage the pre- and post-tsunami surveys in Post-tsunami (February 2005) "Deep" Assemblage "Shallow" Assemblage "Deep" Assemblage Taxonomic Name Density Taxonomic Name Density Taxonomic Name Density Taxonomic Name Density Trichiurus lepturus 0.0634 Trichiurus lepturus 0.2020 Siganus canaliculatus 0.9959 Trichiurus lepturus 1.2854 Epinephelus sexfasciatus 0.0523 Siganus canaliculatus 0.1772 Upeneus sulphureus 0.3711 Pennahia anea 0.1394 Johnius sp. 0.0240 Epinephelus sexfasciatus 0.0635 Leiognathus splenden 0.2132 Siganus canaliculatus 0.1346 Saurida undosquamis 0.0221 Pennahia macrophthalmus 0.0329 Secutor ruconius 0.1936 Nemipterus japonicus 0.0734 Pennahia macrophthalmus 0.0194 Leiognathus splendens 0.0322 Trichiurus lepturus 0.1429 Leiognathus splendens 0.0426 Siganus canaliculatus 0.0177 Selar kalla 0.0280 Pennahia anea 0.1339 Upeneus sulphureus 0.0415 "0 3 III !? ..., 0 ;;;i § Saurida tumbil 0.0150 Saurida undosquamis 0.0262 Alepes djedaba 0.0927 Apogon eliotti 0.0344 Leiognathus brevirostris 0.0094 Pennahia anea 0.0119 Selaroides leptolepis 0.0789 Apogon kiensis 0.0267 0 Epinephelus tauvina 0.0078 Upeneus sulphureus 0.0105 Saurida tumbil 0.0524 Saurida tumbil 0.0210 Secutor ruconius 0.0073 Epinephelus tauvina 0.0092 Plotosus lineatus 0.0504 Leiognathus rivulatus 0.0198 ~ '":::r Upeneus sulphureus 0.0070 Saurida tumbil 0.0080 Leiognathus brevirostris 0.0464 Lagocephalus spadiceus 0.0176 Selar kalla 0.0056 Johnius sp. 0.0074 Podopthalmus 0.0436 Podopthalmus vigil 0.0162 Nemipterus japonicus 0.0056 Pomadasys sp. 0.0052 Leiognathus rivulatus 0.0433 Arius thalassinus 0.0125 Leiognathus elongatus 0.0046 Arius thalassinus 0.0050 Apogon eliotti 0.0291 Apogon lineatus 0.0106 vigil III 2. ::l >'"'" ('0 3 0iil 0'Cl ('0 Leiognathus splendens 0.0042 Nemipterus japonicus 0.0028 Nemipterus japonicus 0.0257 Epinephelus sexfasciatus 0.0094 Otolithes ruber 0.0030 Selaroides leptolepis 0.0025 Leiognathus bindus 0.0201 Cynoglossus arel 0.0090 Dasyatis zugei 0.0029 Apogon sp. 0.0019 Lagocephalus spadiceus 0.0172 Alepes djedaba 0.0057 Arius thalassinus 0.0166 Muraenesox cinereus 0.0055 0.0019 Sphyraena jello 0.0015 Pomadasys argyreus Apogon sp. 0.0019 Leiognathus bindus 0.0013 Arius thalassinus 0.0122 Therapon theraps 0.0055 Others (114 spp/taxa) 0.062 Others (114 spp/taxa) 0.0107 Others (114 spp/taxa) 0.0908 Others (114 spp/taxa) 0.0275 '" o o ~ • Pre Tsunami (deep) Pre Tsunami (shalbw) Post Tsunami (deep) Post Tsunami (Shallow) Figure 12: Distribution of T. lepturus in deep and shallow assemblages in Kedah waters (Pre and Post-tsunami) o o IT:] •• •• Pre Tsunami (deep) Pre Tsunami W+E (shallow) Post T,""_,,; (d_p) Post Tsunami (Shallow) o S ~5 5 10 15 ~ Figure 13: Distribution of S. canaliculatus in deep and shallow assemblages in Kedah waters (Pre and Post-tsunami) The analyses of trawl surveys in the coastal waters ofPenang and Kedah waters indicated spatial distribution of the fish assemblages that appears to be influenced by depth (Table 5) and consisted of "shallow" and "deep" groups. Demersal fish assemblages in Penang waters were delineated at 35 m depth and depth significantly affecting the delineation (Table 2). For Kedah, the assemblage were delineated at about 25-30 m, however, water depth did not show strong influence on the assemblage groups. Other factors could have influenced the assemblages such as associated habitat or substrate type. In an earlier analysis in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia there were also two (i.e., shallow and deep) assemblage groups, delineated at 50 m depth contour (Alias, 2003). It should be noted that the earlier analysis covered wider areas (i.e. 10 to 90 m depth) while the current analysis covered 10 to 50 m depth. Alias (2003) also noted that depth and probably salinity and associated habitats could influence the assemblage patterns in the west coast. It should be noted that the delineation from Penang and Kedah waters are similar to those obtained from similar analysis conducted in the Philippines (Campos, 2003) and in Indonesia (Nurhakim, 2003) (Table 5). Table 5: Summary of the major fish assemblage boundaries observed from assemblage structure analysis in South and Southeast Asia Coastal Areas (Source) Major assemblages 20 30 40 (by depth range - m) 50 60 70 Bangladesh - Bay of Bengal (Mustafa, 2003) Indonesia - North coast of Java (Nurhakim, 2003) Malaysia - SabahiSarawak water (Alias, 2003) Malaysia - Peninsular, West Coast (Alias, 2003) Malaysia - Peninsular, East Coast (Alias, 20~3) Malaysia - Penang waters (this study) Malaysia Kedah water (this study) Philippines - Manila Bay (Campos, 2003) Philippines - San Pedro Bay (Campos, 2003) Philippines - Samar Sea (Campos, 2003) The species composition between shallow and deep assemblage groups showed some differences (Table 3 and 4). In Penang waters, a higher relative abundance of species in "shallow" assemblage was noted. This was in contrast with Kedah higher relative abundance of species in "deep" assemblage. Moreover, there were no clear patterns in species between the pre- and post-tsunami. The trends in species composition may also be influenced by habitat structure or substrate. For example, it was noted that on muddy, inshore ("shallow") grounds, where water tend to be turbid, Sciaenid are found to be more abundant group while Pricanthid, Nemipterid, Mullid Gerrid and Leiognathid in sandy grounds (Longhurst and spatial ;ted of t depth Ited at actors Isis in 'oups, I¥'ider j that west lined 003) Pauly, 1987). In an earlier study of the demersal fishes in Ragay Gulf, Philippines (Federizon, 1992) the shallow areas could be further divided into those with soft-bottom and coralline substrate. This could explain the non-significant difference of depth with the two assemblage groups for Kedah waters. Previous study on the sediment properties of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia showed that sediment types ofthe seabed in the northern region (offLangkawi to Perak) consist offine sand (Abdul Aziz et al., 2001). For future studies, it is suggested that information of substrate be collected to have better interpretation ofthe assemblage patterns. In conclusion, the analyses results using multivariate techniques presented here showed consistent delineation of assemblage groups (i.e., deep and shallow) and no difference between pre- and post-tsunami data. In addition, the dominant species also showed consistency but there appears to be a varied species composition between the assemblage groups as well as before and after the tsunami. The results ofthis study indicate that the tsunami in December 2004 probably did not have negative impacts on the demersal assemblage patterns in Penang and Kedah. However, further analyses should be done to understand the trends in species/taxa composition in association with the assemblage groups. Moreover, the critical implication ofthese spatial patterns of demersal fisheries resources and their relationship to existing management zones also needs further evaluation. Malaysian fishing areas are currently subdivided into four zones based on distance from the coastline, namely: Zone A (0 - 5 nm), Zone B (5 - 12 nm), and Zone C (12 - 30 nm), and Zone C2 (>30 run) (Saharuddin, 1995). These existing spatial fisheries management measures which are mainly based on distance from shore seems inconsistent with the assemblage structure patterns observed. Improved measure should be designed to integrate resource distribution patterns to attain for improved and sustainable management of coastal resources in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The authors would like to thank the Department of Fisheries Malaysia for the financial support for this study. 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