Characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and its coupling relationships with environment factors in Huanghe estuary

Wu Bin; Song Jinming; Li Xuegang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2014.04.005

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Wu Bin, Song Jinming, Li Xuegang. Characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and its coupling relationships with environment factors in Huanghe estuary[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2014, 36(4): 62-72. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2014.04.005

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Wu Bin, Song Jinming, Li Xuegang. Characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and its coupling relationships with environment factors in Huanghe estuary[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2014, 36(4): 62-72. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2014.04.005

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Wu Bin, Song Jinming, Li Xuegang. Characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and its coupling relationships with environment factors in Huanghe estuary[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2014, 36(4): 62-72. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2014.04.005

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Characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and its coupling relationships with environment factors in Huanghe estuary

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2014.04.005

1.
Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China

Received Date: 2013-03-19
Rev Recd Date: 2013-11-26

Abstract

Abstract

Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in 14 sediment stations from Huanghe estuary were investigated to explore the characteristics of benthic community structure and its relationships to potential explanatory factors. Results showed there was a substantial spatial heterogeneity in species composition and community structure. Low degree of dominance was found in the surveyed area and dominance species was found aggregating in the stations near the river mouth. We also found a trend of increasing species diversity with increasing distance from the river mouth in Huanghe estuary. High values of richness and diversity index usually appeared in stations from Bohai Bay and central areas of Bohai Sea, but low values occurred near the river mouth. Reduction of benthic data by non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) and hierarchical cluster suggested low similarity among stations. Ecosystem health assessment examined by combined abundant biomass k-dominance curve (ABC) indicated the overall status of benthic community in the area investigated remained stable. The stations with unstable benthic community mainly situated adjacent to the river mouth and located in the central and west Laizhou Bay. In addition, the presence of larger size species with increasing proximity to stations with higher metal contamination level was inferred from Pearson correlation analysis between benthic data and coupling factors. A holistic assessment of sediment quality by incorporating sediment chemistry, predicted toxicity and benthic community structure indicated that impacted sediment (degraded) was distributed near the river mouth, while unimpacted sediment located far from the river mouth.
- macrozoobenthos,
- nMDS,
- coupling relationships,
- heavy metals,
- Huanghe estuary

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