Assessing the benthic habitat quality in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary and its adjacent areas using AMBI and M-AMBI

doi:10.1007/s13131-014-0522-6

	Assessing the benthic habitat quality in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary and its adjacent areas using AMBI and M-AMBI
	Luo Xianxiang 1; Zhang Juan 1; Yang Jianqiang 2,3; Song Wenpeng 3,4; Cui Wenlin 3,4
刊名	ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA
	2014-09
卷号	33 期号:9 页码:117-124
关键词	biotic indices AMBI M-AMBI benthic habitat quality Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary
ISSN号	0253-505X
DOI	10.1007/s13131-014-0522-6
英文摘要	The protection of the biological diversity and the maintenance of the regional ecological integrity for the Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary and its adjacent areas are practically significant and valuable. However, frequent human activities and natural climate changes have caused vigorous disturbances on the ecosystem in these sea areas. An objective assessment on the benthic habitat quality (BHQ) of the Huanghe Estuary and its adjacent areas is conducted, using AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) and multivariate AMBI (M-AMBI) based on the data of macrobenthos in May and August 2011. The results show that both the indices do not correlate significantly, and their assessment results are greatly different. All of the samples assessed using the AMBI were "high" or "good", because the ecological group I (EGI) and the ecological group II (EGII) were dominant macrobenthic ecological groups in the research area. Owing to a low species' richness and a high individual abundance in some samples, the BHQ levels using the M-AMBI were worse than those of the AMBI. Significant correlations are observed between the M-AMBI, water depth, bottom water salinity and dissolved inorganic nitrogen, thus the M-AMBI could sensitively respond to environmental changes and distinguish influences from uninfluenced stations, but the AMBI could not. The consistent results between the AMBI and the M-AMBI mainly appeared in the uninfluenced (undisturbed or slightly disturbed) stations. Therefore, the M-AMBI is more effective than the AMBI in assessing the benthic habitat quality in the Huanghe Estuary and its adjacent areas. Using the M-AMBI to assess the BHQ of the Huanghe Estuary and its adjacent areas, the results show that 3% of the stations are undisturbed and the BHQs are "high", and 61% of the stations are slightly disturbed and those of the BHQ are "good", and the rest are meanly disturbed and those of the BHQ are "moderate".
资助项目	Environmental Assessment Projects of State Oceanic Administration People's Republic of China[DOMEP (MEA)-01-01]
WOS研究方向	Oceanography
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000341334500014
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.fio.com.cn/handle/2SI8HI0U/3791]
专题	自然资源部第一海洋研究所
作者单位	1.Ocean Univ China, Key Lab Marine Environm & Ecol, Qingdao 266100, Peoples R China; 2.State Ocean Adm, North China Sea Branch, Qingdao 266033, Peoples R China; 3.Lab State Ocean Adm Marine Spill Oil Identificat, Qingdao 266033, Peoples R China; 4.State Ocean Adm, North China Sea Branch, North China Sea Monitoring Ctr, Qingdao 266033, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Luo Xianxiang,Zhang Juan,Yang Jianqiang,et al. Assessing the benthic habitat quality in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary and its adjacent areas using AMBI and M-AMBI[J]. ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA,2014,33(9):117-124.
APA	Luo Xianxiang,Zhang Juan,Yang Jianqiang,Song Wenpeng,&Cui Wenlin.(2014).Assessing the benthic habitat quality in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary and its adjacent areas using AMBI and M-AMBI.ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA,33(9),117-124.
MLA	Luo Xianxiang,et al."Assessing the benthic habitat quality in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Estuary and its adjacent areas using AMBI and M-AMBI".ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA 33.9(2014):117-124.