Seasonal distribution of macrobenthos and its relationship with environmental factors in Yellow Sea and East China Sea -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2018,36(3):772-782

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	SHOULu, LIAO Yibo, TANG Yanbin, CHEN Jianfang, JIANG Zhibing, GAO Aigen, CHEN Quanzhen. Seasonal distribution of macrobenthos and its relationship with environmental factors in Yellow Sea and East China Sea[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018, 36(3): 772-782

Seasonal distribution of macrobenthos and its relationship with environmental factors in Yellow Sea and East China Sea

SHOULu¹, LIAO Yibo^1,2, TANG Yanbin¹, CHEN Jianfang¹, JIANG Zhibing^1,2, GAO Aigen¹, CHEN Quanzhen¹

1 Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China;
2 Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Marine College of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

Abstract:

Macrobenthos samples were collected from the Yellow and East China Seas in four seasons during 2011 to 2012. The seasonal distribution of macrobenthos and its relationship with environmental factors were analyzed. A total of 562 macrobenthic species were identified, with polychaetes and mollusks accounting for 67% of the total number of species. A similarity percentage (SIMPER) analysis showed that the dominant species were bivalve mollusks in the Yellow Sea and small-sized polychaetes in the East China Sea. A two-factor analysis of variance showed significant seasonal variations in species number, density and diversity index, and significant regional differences of biomass and density. Two-factor community similarity analysis also showed significant seasonal and regional differences in macrobenthic communities. Canonical correspondence analysis indicated that the main environmental factors affecting the macrobenthic communities were water depth, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and inorganic nitrogen. The results demonstrate significant regional differences and seasonal variations in macrobenthos in the two seas. Sediment properties and water mass characteristics are speculated to be the causes of regional differences.

Key words: Yellow Sea|East China Sea|macrobenthos|environmental correlation analysis

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