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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2021, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 1489-1497.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202104.033

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Characteristics of crustaceans community structure and its relationship with environmental factors in Dachenyang Spawning Ground Reserve, China.

ZHU Yu-dan1,2, JIANG Ri-jin2, ZHOU Yong-dong2*, WU Ren-bin3, YIN Rui1,2, RUI Yin1,2, ZHANG Lin-lin2   

  1. 1Marine and Fishery Institute, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316021, Zhejiang, China;
    2Zhejiang Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Scientific Observation and Experimental Station of Fishery Resources of Key Fishing Grounds, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fisheries Resources of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan 316021, Zhejiang, China;
    3Agriculture, Rural and Water Resources Bureau of Jiaojiang District, Taizhou 318000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2020-10-05 Accepted:2020-12-27 Published:2021-10-25
  • Contact: *E-mail: zyd511@126.com
  • Supported by:
    National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFA0604904, 2018YFD0900903, 2018YFD0900904), the Special Fund for the Key Research and Development Project of Zhejiang Province (2019C02056), and Resource Monitoring and Maintenance Effect Service Procurement Project of Dachenyang Spawning Ground Reserve.

Abstract: To elucidate the characteristics of fishery resources structure in the Dachenyang Spaw-ning Ground Reserve, the index of relative importance (IRI), biodiversity index and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) were used to explore the relationship between crustaceans community and marine environment based on the bottom trawl survey data collected from April and November in 2018. A total of 38 crustaceans species were recorded, belonged to 25 genera in 14 families. The dominant species were Oratosquilla oratoria, Portunus trituberculatus, Charybdis bimaculata, and Parapenaeopsis hardwickii. The resource density of crustaceans was generally high in depths below 50 m in spring and in depths above 50 m in autumn. The density in the southern area was higher than nouthern area. The Margalef species richness index (D), Shannon diversity index (H) and Pielou evenness index (J) of crustaceans in spring was higher than that in autumn. The H of crustaceans in depths above 50 m was the highest. Based on cluster analysis and non-matrix multidimentional scaling analysis, the crustaceans could be classified into three groups in spring and four groups in autumn. The differences in crustacean community structure in spring were more significant than in autumn. The results of canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that water depth, bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen were the main environmental factors affecting species composition and spatial structure of crustaceans in the surveyed area.

Key words: Dachenyang Spawning Ground Reserve, crustacea, community structure, environmental factor, canonical correspondence analysis