Monthly changes in the benthic macro-invertebrate community structure in the habitats of Phragmites australis marsh in the Dongtan wetland of the Yangtze River estuary, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.001

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2017, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 1360-1369.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.001

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Monthly changes in the benthic macro-invertebrate community structure in the habitats of Phragmites australis marsh in the Dongtan wetland of the Yangtze River estuary, China

ZHANG Heng^1,2,3, YE Jin-yu^1,2, LIANG Xiao-li³, ZHU Xiao-jing³, JIN Shao-fei⁴, CHEN Yuan-ge¹, ZHANG Jia-rui⁵, DAI Yang^1*

¹Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of East China Sea & Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai 200090, China
²College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
³Yangtze River Delta Estuary Wetland Station/Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-restoration/School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
⁴Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agro-ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
⁵Zealquest Scientific Technology Company Limited, Shanghai 200062, China

Received:2016-08-12 Online:2017-04-18 Published:2017-04-18
Contact: * E-mail: daiyangbox@163.com
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This paper was supported by the Shanghai Natural Science Fund (15ZR1450000), the Special Funds of Basic Research of Central Public Welfare Institute(2015M07), the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC-KF201403) and the National Natural Science Fundation of China (31170508)

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the data of the benthic macro-invertebrates community in the Phragmites australis marsh in the Dongtan Wetland of the Yangtze River estuary collected from May 2015 to April 2016, we evaluated the monthly variations in the species composition, biodiversity and community structure of the benthic macro-invertebrates. The results showed that the average height and degree of coverage for P. australis increased monthly from March to August, and then deceased from September. The density and aboveground biomass (dry mass, g) of P. australis peaked in July. A total of twenty species (including 2 species only identified to genus level and 2 species identified to family level) were found in the survey periods, including 11 Gastropoda, 5 Malacostraca, 2 Insecta and 2 Polychaeta. Three snail species (Assiminea latericea, Assiminea violacea and Cerithideopsis largillierti) dominated the benthic communities in terms of numerical abundance. The number of epifauna species was the most (11 species), followed by 5 burrowing species and 4 infauna species. There were significant monthly variations in the density and biomass of the macro-invertebrates. The density and biomass of benthic community reached the maximum in August. The Margalef’s species richness index (D) and Shannon index (H) showed significant differences monthly, but Pielou’s index (J) except in November. Three macro-zoobenthic assemblages were identified with the 42% similarity level. The non-Metric Multidimensional scaling plot indicates that the benthic community in May, October and November was distinct compared to that in the other months. The present study suggested the density of the benthic macro-invertebrates community in the P. australis marshes was somewhat correlated with water temperature, underground biomass and salinity. But those correlation were not significant (P>0.05). Because of the continuous impact of anthropogenic activities, the biodiversity of the benthic macro-invertebrate community has been decreasing for several years. More attention should be paid to the habitat value of the P. australis marshes in the future.

ZHANG Heng, YE Jin-yu, LIANG Xiao-li, ZHU Xiao-jing, JIN Shao-fei, CHEN Yuan-ge, ZHANG Jia-rui, DAI Yang. Monthly changes in the benthic macro-invertebrate community structure in the habitats of Phragmites australis marsh in the Dongtan wetland of the Yangtze River estuary, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2017, 28(4): 1360-1369.

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