Journal article
Comparative study of the structure of some tropical and temperate marine soft-bottom macrobenthic communities
Marine Biology, Vol.95(4), pp.641-649
1987
Abstract
Macrobenthic sampling of a transect of six stations on the North coast of Central Java in October 1985 revealed three distinct communities which can be regarded as paraliels of those from north temperate waters: (i) An Amphioplus (Lymanella) laevis/Lovenia sp. community parallel with the Amphiura chiajei/Brissopsis lyrifera community. (ii) A Tellinides timorensis community parallel with Tellina spp. communities. (iii) A Laciolina philippinarum community parallel with Macoma spp. communities. A strict comparison of the structure of the first two of these communities with their counterparts in England shows that within-habitat diversity is similar in both regions. Diversity at two shallower subtidal stations is higher than at two deeper stations: this is attributed to the effects of natural, low-level, physical disturbance which maintains the communities in a sub-climax stage. Total abundance and biomass of the macrobenthic fauna was lower at the Javanese stations than in their temperate counterparts.
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- Title
- Comparative study of the structure of some tropical and temperate marine soft-bottom macrobenthic communities
- Authors/Creators
- R.M. Warwick (Author/Creator) - Natural Environment Research CouncilRuswahyuni (Author/Creator) - Diponegoro University
- Publication Details
- Marine Biology, Vol.95(4), pp.641-649
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005546032507891
- Copyright
- © 1987 Springer-Verlag.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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