| Benthic ciliate diversity and community composition along water depth gradients: a comparison between the intertidal and offshore areas | |
Meng, Zhaocui1; Xu, Kuidong1,2,5 ; Dai, Renhai1,3; Warren, Alan4
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| 2018-08-01 | |
| Source Publication | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY
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| ISSN | 0932-4739 |
| Volume | 65Pages:31-41 |
| Corresponding Author | Xu, Kuidong(kxu@qdio.ac.cn) |
| Abstract | The diversity of marine benthic ciliates is largely known from the intertidal zone. No comparative data are available for the change of ciliate communities from the intertidal to offshore sediments in the Yellow Sea. We investigated the community composition and diversity of benthic ciliates at two intertidal (sandy and silty-sand) stations and eight offshore stations along a latitudinal transect in the Yellow Sea. The ciliate abundance and biomass decreased almost linearly with increasing water depth and distance from the intertidal zone. Diversity indices showed a similar trend. By contrast, the total species richness and taxonomic diversity were much higher in the offshore sediments than in the intertidal area. Among the total of 94 species identified, only 20 species were shared by the two habitats, which were characterized by different dominant ciliate assemblages. Carnivorous ciliates always constituted the primary feeding type in terms of biomass at all offshore stations and the intertidal sandy station, whereas at the intertidal silty-sand station the primary feeding group varied throughout the period of sampling. Multivariate analyses indicates the ciliate communities were significantly different between the two habitats. Bottom water temperature and sediment grain size were the key factors that explained the ciliate community structure. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier GmbH. |
| Keyword | Benthic ciliates Community comparison Diversity Water depth gradient Yellow Sea |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ejop.2018.04.004 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | Natural Science Foundation of China[41306153] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[41476144] |
| WOS Research Area | Microbiology |
| WOS Subject | Microbiology |
| WOS ID | WOS:000443114100003 |
| Publisher | ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/159862 |
| Collection | 海洋生物分类与系统演化实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Xu, Kuidong |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Lab Marine Organism Taxon & Phylogeny, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Biol & Biotechnol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 3.Natl Oceanog Ctr, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 4.Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD, England 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
| First Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Corresponding Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Meng, Zhaocui,Xu, Kuidong,Dai, Renhai,et al. Benthic ciliate diversity and community composition along water depth gradients: a comparison between the intertidal and offshore areas[J]. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY,2018,65:31-41. |
| APA | Meng, Zhaocui,Xu, Kuidong,Dai, Renhai,&Warren, Alan.(2018).Benthic ciliate diversity and community composition along water depth gradients: a comparison between the intertidal and offshore areas.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY,65,31-41. |
| MLA | Meng, Zhaocui,et al."Benthic ciliate diversity and community composition along water depth gradients: a comparison between the intertidal and offshore areas".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY 65(2018):31-41. |
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