Assessment on the ecological quality based on the macrozoobenthos functional feeding groups
CAI Wen-qian1,2, LIN Kui-xuan1,2, ZHU Yan-zhong1,2, ZHOU Juan1,2, XIA Yang1,2, LIU Lu-san1,2
1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China;
2. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuary and Coastal Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
Based on data collected during May and September of 2011, the feeding evenness index developed from the functional feeding groups, together with the M-AMBI (Multivariate AZTI Marine Biological Index) derived from the community structure, were used to assess the ecological quality status of Bohai Bay. Results showed that the macrozoobenthos community was divided into five feeding groups in the study but no herbivorous group was found. Groups detritivorous and carnivorous displayed the greatest percentages of species richness, and the group planktivorous displayed the highest percentage of the community density. However, the group omnivorous displayed the smallest percentage of the above two indicators. Furthermore, the feeding evenness index in the most sampling stations were less than 0.60, indicating that most marine waters were disturbed to some degree in this study which was corresponding to the degraded ecological quality status. This may be related to the human pressures affecting Bohai bay such as waste discharges and land reclamation. It seemed that the ecological quality status indicated by the feeding evenness index and M-AMBI were generally similar. Meanwhile, both indices were sensitive to the environmental pressure gradient from the inshore to the offshore areas in Bohai Bay. In sum, the feeding evenness index could be suitable to assess the ecological quality status of Bohai Bay.
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CAI Wen-qian, LIN Kui-xuan, ZHU Yan-zhong, ZHOU Juan, XIA Yang, LIU Lu-san. Assessment on the ecological quality based on the macrozoobenthos functional feeding groups. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2016, 36(9): 2865-2873.
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