Macrobenthos community structure in coastal waters of Qeshm Island

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1 Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran

2 Department of Ecology, Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecology Research Institute, Fisheries Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Bandar Abbas, Iran

Abstract

 The structure macrobenthos communities in the Coastal waters of the Qeshm Island was studied seasonally in 6 station during 2010.The data analysis using SPSS software version 16 and calculate the diversity in dices of the Primer software version 4.5 was used. In general, this study of 49 families and 86 genera of macrobenthos were identified. In this study relative abundance Pitar and pronospio genus, equal to 28.44% and 11.46%, respectively. Spearman correlation test showed that the significant correlation between the abundance of macrobentoses and total organic matter. Spatial Cluster Analysis showed that the similarity between the nearest station to station 5 and 6 (45.7%) and1 and 2(44.3%), respectively. The result showed that Maximum diversity in station 2 And lowest at Station 6 respectively. Annual change in diversity indices of passenger jetty and coastal parks showed that both areas of moderate pollution (3-1) respectively and the ecological conditions are also in the moderate rank. Two-way ANOVA that Spatial and temporal of abundance and diversity indices were not significant at between stations or different seasons (p < 0.05).

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Journal of Animal Environment
Volume 13, Issue 1
May 2021
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