Sample name: Tasek Bera

Reference: Y. Norma-Rashid, A. Mohd-Sofian, and M. Zakaria-Ismail. 2001. Diversity and distribution of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) in the fresh water swamp lake Tasek Bera, Malaysia. Hydrobiologia 459:135-146 [ER 1083]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical wetland

Substrate: open water

Habitat comments: "a freshwater swamp lake... comprising of primary dipterocarp forest dominated by Eugenia spp., peat swamp forest and swamp area overgrown with Pandanus helicopus, reedbeds of Lepironia articulata, vast areas of Imperata cylindrica, oil palm, rubber and fruit tress (Cramphorn et al., 1993). Limited agriculture of secondary importance remains here"

Life forms: odonates

Sites: 15

Sampling methods: no design,sweep nets

Sample size: 584 individuals

Years: 1997 - 2000

Sampling comments: collections were made "with a sweep net... Most of the sampling efforts, inaccessible by walking were done from a boat surveying the length of the lake while others involved walking through open areas with ponded waters of mixed origin"

Sample number: 1596

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-25 18:40:07

Modified: 2015-05-25 08:40:07