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| The Functional Diversity of Flora in Polyculture Ecosystem of Swimming Crab, Shrimp and Short-necked Clam |
| LIU Rui-juan,TIAN Xiang-li,DONG Shuang-lin,ZHANG Kai,YANG Gang,YAN Fa-jun |
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Abstract The functional diversity of flora was studied in four polyculture ecosystems including swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus ,Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis and short-necked clam Ruditapes philippinarum (B) ,swimming crab ,Pacific whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei ,and short-necked clam (C) ,swimming crab ,kuruma shrimp Marsupeaaeus japonicus ,and short- necked clam (D) ,and monoculture of swimming crab (A ,as control group) using ECO-BIOLOG kit .The results showed that there were different metabolisms of the flora and utilization strength of substrate carbon in various ecosys-tems during the culture period .(1) The flora had gradual increase in metabolic activity in Chinese shrimp , short-necked clam and swimming crab polyculture ecosystem as time elapsed .In the later experiment , there was significantly higher metabolic activity of the flora in B and C polyculture modes than that in A mode (monoculture mode) .(2) In the later experiment ,there was significantly higher utilization of sub-strate carbon in B and D polyculture modes than that in A mode (P<0 .05) .(3) In the later experiment , significant differences in Shannon index and Simpson index were observed in the flora in the different eco-systems (P<0 .05) .The McIntosh index ,however ,was significant difference during the entire experi-ment (P<0 .05) .The three diversity indices of the flora were significantly higher in the Chinese shrimp and white shrimp polyculture modes than that in the monoculture of swimming crab (P<0 .05) .The find-ings indicate that the ecosystem structure and function of the flora can be further improved by the polycul-ture swimming crab ,and short-necked clam with Pacific whiteleg shrimp .
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Received: 25 September 2014
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