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Article: Patterns of polychaete communities in relation to environmental perturbations in a subtropical wetland of Hong Kong

TitlePatterns of polychaete communities in relation to environmental perturbations in a subtropical wetland of Hong Kong
Authors
Keywordsenvironmental stress
indicator
intertidal mudflat
polychaete
subtropical
Issue Date2010
PublisherCambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MBI
Citation
Journal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom, 2010, v. 90 n. 5, p. 923-932 How to Cite?
AbstractBenthic polychaetes in the largest intertidal mudflat of Hong Kong were analysed for potentially stressed environmental conditions from pollution. Over a two-year period, a total of 14 species were recorded with the species diversity (H(log2)) ranged from 0.54 to 2.4. The community was dominated by two large polychaetes (Neanthes glandicincta and Potamilla acuminata) and a number of small pollution tolerant species (Tharyx, Capitella capitata and Prionospio cirrifera). It was also characterized by both temporal and spatial variations in terms of abundance and species composition with the lowest species number observed at onshore Station B in August and the highest at offshore Station D in February. Two distinct polychaete communities were formed along the intertidal towards subtidal mudflat, particularly the assemblage at onshore Station B showing a significant difference from those at the other three stations (P<0.05, N=32). Results of the abundance-biomass comparison (ABC) indicated a typical impacted community at the whole study area, especially at Station B which was close to the Shenzhen River mouth and mangrove forest. The total organic carbon had a significant positive effect on the abundance of Capitella capitata (P=0.037, N=8) while sedimentary compositions were statistically related to the abundance of Potamilla acuminata, Tharyx and total abundance of polychaetes (P<0.05, N=8). In conclusion, both the polluted Shenzhen River and nearby mangrove may be responsible for the decline in species richness and diversity as well as changes in community structure. Polychaetes can be used as the appropriate indicators in habitat ecological condition assessment instead of the whole benthic community. © 2010 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124083
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.355
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government
Funding Information:

This study is part of the Baseline Ecological Monitoring Program for the Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site supported by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government. We would like to thank the team members in our Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of the University of Hong Kong and the field working group of AFCD at Mai Po for logistic support on sampling transport and assistance. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication do not reflect the view of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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dc.contributor.authorShen, PPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Hen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGu, JDen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-22T04:25:37Z-
dc.date.available2010-10-22T04:25:37Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom, 2010, v. 90 n. 5, p. 923-932en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0025-3154en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124083-
dc.description.abstractBenthic polychaetes in the largest intertidal mudflat of Hong Kong were analysed for potentially stressed environmental conditions from pollution. Over a two-year period, a total of 14 species were recorded with the species diversity (H(log2)) ranged from 0.54 to 2.4. The community was dominated by two large polychaetes (Neanthes glandicincta and Potamilla acuminata) and a number of small pollution tolerant species (Tharyx, Capitella capitata and Prionospio cirrifera). It was also characterized by both temporal and spatial variations in terms of abundance and species composition with the lowest species number observed at onshore Station B in August and the highest at offshore Station D in February. Two distinct polychaete communities were formed along the intertidal towards subtidal mudflat, particularly the assemblage at onshore Station B showing a significant difference from those at the other three stations (P<0.05, N=32). Results of the abundance-biomass comparison (ABC) indicated a typical impacted community at the whole study area, especially at Station B which was close to the Shenzhen River mouth and mangrove forest. The total organic carbon had a significant positive effect on the abundance of Capitella capitata (P=0.037, N=8) while sedimentary compositions were statistically related to the abundance of Potamilla acuminata, Tharyx and total abundance of polychaetes (P<0.05, N=8). In conclusion, both the polluted Shenzhen River and nearby mangrove may be responsible for the decline in species richness and diversity as well as changes in community structure. Polychaetes can be used as the appropriate indicators in habitat ecological condition assessment instead of the whole benthic community. © 2010 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.en_HK
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherCambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MBIen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdomen_HK
dc.rightsJournal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Copyright © Cambridge University Press.-
dc.subjectenvironmental stressen_HK
dc.subjectindicatoren_HK
dc.subjectintertidal mudflaten_HK
dc.subjectpolychaeteen_HK
dc.subjectsubtropicalen_HK
dc.titlePatterns of polychaete communities in relation to environmental perturbations in a subtropical wetland of Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
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