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| Variation in Phytoplankton and Benthic Alga Communities in Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Culture Ponds |
| LIU Ran,CHI Shuang,CHENG Jingwei,ZENG Yong,ZHAO Zhenjun,MA Jiahao,CUI Longbo |
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Abstract Composition ,density ,biomass ,Shannon-Weiner index ,Pielou’s evenness index ,Margalef’s richness index and McNaugton dominance index of the phytoplankton and benthic alga communities were determined in six 5000 ~ 6000 m2 ponds with depth of 1 .8 ~ 2 .0 m for sea cucumber A postichopus j aponicus culture in coastal Laizihou ,Shandong Province from October ,2011 to September ,2012 .A total of 40 species in 7 phyla of phytoplankon were found ,with the predominant Bacillariophyta ,and 18 benthic alga species in Bacillariophyta .The density was ranged from 7 .810 × 105 to 249 .662 × 105 cell/L ,with biomass of 1 .65~12 .07 mg/L in the phytoplankon and from 4 .124 × 105 to 14 .289 × 105 cell/cm2 ,with biomass of 2 .60~11 .27 mg/cm2 ,in the benthic algae in the ponds .There were Shannon-Weiner index of 2 .09~2 .93 in the phytoplankon and 1 .67~2 .73 in the benthic algae ,and Pielou’s evenness index of 0 .56~0 .78 in the phytoplankon and 0 .48~0 .73 in the benthic algae .The phytoplankon showed Margalef’s richness index from 1 .74 to 2 .42 and the benthic algae from 1 .41 to 1 .83 .The predominant phytoplankton species were found to be changed with time ,but almost no changes were observed in the predominant benthic algae in the year . There were very significant positive correlation between the density of phytoplankton and that of benthic algae in the ponds ,indicating that the species diversity in phytoplankton and benthic algae community is rich and the ecological environment is good in the culture ponds .
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Received: 25 October 2013
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