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A Comparative Study on a Macrobenthic Community Structure from the Theory of Island Biogeography  

Seo, In-Soo (Marine Eco-Technology Institute Co., Ltd.)
Choi, Byoung-Mi (Marine Eco-Technology Institute Co., Ltd.)
Kim, Mi-Hyang (Marine Eco-Technology Institute Co., Ltd.)
Yun, Jae-Seong (Marine Eco-Technology Institute Co., Ltd.)
Park, Jae-Yeong (Marine Eco-Technology Institute Co., Ltd.)
Lee, Sang-Yeop (Marine Eco-Technology Institute Co., Ltd.)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.28, no.4, 2010 , pp. 179-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Theory of Island Biogeography describes that the number of species on an island affected by island area and distance from the mainland. This study was performed to compare and analyze the community structure of the macro-invertebrates in three isolated islands, around Korean waters in terms of the Theory of Island Biogeography. Macrobenthic animals were collected using a modified underwater quadrat in August 2009. A total of 104 macrobenthic species were sampled with a mean density of 399 individuals $m^{-2}$ and biomass of 1,506.70 g $m^{-2}$. Based on the abundance and biomass data, there were 10 dominant species accounting for approximately 67.17% of total individuals. The highest densities were found in the amphipoda Amphipoda spp., the bivalvia Modiolus agripetus and Mytilus coruscus, the Sipunculida Phascolosoma scolops and the polychaeta Syllidae unid.. On the contrary, the top ten species made up 95.66% of the total biomass while the three most abundant, the bivalves M. coruscus, Streostria circumpicta and M. agripetus. The conventional multi-variate statistics (cluster analysis and non-metric multi-dimensional scaling) applied to assess spatial variation in macrobenthic assemblages. Cluster analysis and nMDS ordination analysis based on the Bray-Curtis similarity identified 2 station groups. The group 1 was consisted with Gageodo (except for lower station at Transect 2) and Dokdo station and was numerically dominated by the polychaetes Eunice antennata and Syllidae unid., the cirripedia Megabalanus rosa and the bivalvia M. coruscus. However, group 2 was associated with Sohwado station and was characterized by high abundance of the anomura Petrolisthes japonicus, the gastropoda Lirularia pygmaea and the brachiopoda Coptothyris grayi. In conclusion, these results suggested that the species diversity and community structure of macrobenthos in three isolated island seemed slightly related to island area and distance from the mainland.
Keywords
macrobenthos; species diversity; community structure; The Theory of Island Biogeography; Gageodo; Sohwado; Dokdo;
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