Biodiv Sci ›› 2001, Vol. 09 ›› Issue (1): 80-84.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2001012

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Study on species diversity of macrobenthic fauna in Jiaozhou Bay

LI Xin-Zheng, YU Hai-Yan, WANG Yong-Qiang, SHUAI Lian-Mei, ZHANG Bao-Lin, LIU Rui-Yu   

  1. Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Qingdao 266071
  • Received:2000-09-11 Revised:2001-01-15 Online:2001-02-20 Published:2001-02-20
  • Contact: LI Xin-Zheng

Abstract: Field research of macrobenthic fauna at 10 stations in Jiaozhou Bay was carried out seasonally from February of 1998 to November of 1999. There were fewer species and the indices of biodiversity (Shannon-Wiener index) were lower in Stations 2, 3, 7 and 9 than in other stations. Stations 2 and 3 were situated in the inner area near Cangkou, a heavily polluted area. Stations 7 and 9 were situated at the mouth of the bay, where the bottom sediment was coarse sand. The indices in Stations 1 and 6, where the bottom sediment was soft mud, were high. The average Shannon-Wiener index of all the 10 stations was lower in 1999 than in 1998, although the difference was not remarkable. In both of the two years, the average Shannon-Wiener indices were lower in spring and autumn than in winter and summer; Pielou's evenness index was highest in summer and lowest in spring; and the species richness index was slightly higher in winter and slightly lower in autumn. The relationship between biodiversity of the macrobenthos in Jiaozhou Bay and human activities should be studied further.