Niches and interspecific association of dominant shrimp species in the offshore waters of southern Zhejiang Province, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201911.035

Abstract

Abstract: Based on data from November of 2015 (autumn), February (winter), May (spring), and August (summer) of 2016 in the offshore waters of southern Zhejiang Province, the relationships between major shrimps species were examined by niche breadth, niche overlap, variance ratio, chi-square test, association coefficient and species pair co-occurrence percentage. The results showed that temporal niche breadth of Atypopenaeus stenodactylu was the largest, spatial niche breadth of Solenocera crassicornis was the largest, and A. stenodactylu had the largest spatio-temporal niche breadth. The temporal niche overlap between Parapenaeus fissuroides and Parapenaeopsis tenella was the highest. The spatial niche overlap between Solenocera koelbeli and Penaeus chinensis, P. fissuroides and Heterocarpoides laevicarina were the highest. The spatio-temporal niche overlap between S. koelbeli and P. chinensis was the highest. The analysis of variance ratio showed that the main shrimp species were significantly positively correlated. Positive correlation existed in 13 pairs (χ²≥3.841). Results from the association coefficient (AC) and co-occurrence percentage (PC) indicated that the interspecific association tended to be positive. Our results provide supports for exploring niche breadth and niche overlap of major shrimp species and improving niche differentiation.

DING Peng-peng, GAO Chun-xia, PENG Xin, TIAN Si-quan, GOU Xin. Niches and interspecific association of dominant shrimp species in the offshore waters of southern Zhejiang Province, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019, 30(11): 3942-3950.

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