Spatial distribution and structure of benthic polychaete communities of Essaouira intertidal rocky shores(Atlantic coast of Morocco)  

作　　者：CHOUIKH Nor-eddine GILLET Patrick LANGSTON WJ CHEGGOUR Mohamed MAAROUF Abdelmalek MOUABAD Abdelfattah 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory“Aliments,Environnement et santé”,Faculty of Sciences and Technics,B.P.549,Cadi Ayyad University,Marrakech 40000,Morocco [2]Mer Molécules Santé,Department of Biology Environment,Faculty of Sciences UCO,Angers 49008,France [3]Marine Biological Association,the Laboratory,Citadel Hill,Plymouth PL12PB,United Kingdom [4]Department of Biology,Ecole Normale Supérieure,B.P.2400,Cadi Ayyad University,Marrakech 40000,Morocco

出　　处：《Journal of Oceanology and Limnology》2020年第1期143-155,共13页海洋湖沼学报（英文）

摘　　要：Polychaetes are one of the most important groups ofmacrobenthic organisms in coastal and marine environments,in terms of diversity and abundance,and play an important role in the functioning of ecosystem.This study aims to describe the structure and spatial distribution ofpolychaete communities along Essaouira's rocky shoreline(Atlantic coast of Morocco)in relation to the major environmental variables such as granulometry,salinity,temperature,pH,and intertidal range.Twelve sites from these intertidal rocky shores were sampled using a quadrat method during the summer 2016.A total of 4435 individuals belonging to 34 taxa were recorded.Among the families,Sabellaridae(24%)and Nereididae(23%)were ranked first in terms of abundance of individuals.Sabellaria alveolata(24%)and Perinereis cultrifera(13%)were the dominant species.Diversity(H')values varied from 2.28 to 3.95.Pielou's index(J')varied between 0.62 and 0.89.This was essentially due to the low dominance of few species.Cluster analysis was used to characterise Essaouira's rocky shores on the basis of benthic polychaete communities.SIMPER analysis confirmed the presence of three distinct communities.According to canonical correspondence analysis,the structure and distribution of faunal assemblages of benthic polychaetes was mainly related to topographical complexity,water temperature,hydrodynamic conditions and upwelling.We conclude that these rocky shores show typically high benthic polychaete diversity compared to the taxonomic list of other rocky coasts.In addition,these results constitute a baseline data for the development of a sustainable network for long-term monitoring of benthic polychaete community changes due to ecological factor influences and anthropogenic activity impacts.Polychaetes are one of the most important groups of macrobenthic organisms in coastal and marine environments, in terms of diversity and abundance, and play an important role in the functioning of ecosystem. This study aims to describe the structure and spatial distribution of polychaete communities along Essaouira’s rocky shoreline(Atlantic coast of Morocco) in relation to the major environmental variables such as granulometry, salinity, temperature, pH, and intertidal range. Twelve sites from these intertidal rocky shores were sampled using a quadrat method during the summer 2016. A total of 4 435 individuals belonging to 34 taxa were recorded. Among the families, Sabellaridae(24%) and Nereididae(23%) were ranked ?rst in terms of abundance of individuals. Sabellaria alveolata(24%) and Perinereis cultrifera(13%) were the dominant species. Diversity( H′) values varied from 2.28 to 3.95. Pielou’s index( J′) varied between 0.62 and 0.89. This was essentially due to the low dominance of few species. Cluster analysis was used to characterise Essaouira’s rocky shores on the basis of benthic polychaete communities. SIMPER analysis con?rmed the presence of three distinct communities. According to canonical correspondence analysis, the structure and distribution of faunal assemblages of benthic polychaetes was mainly related to topographical complexity, water temperature, hydrodynamic conditions and upwelling. We conclude that these rocky shores show typically high benthic polychaete diversity compared to the taxonomic list of other rocky coasts. In addition, these results constitute a baseline data for the development of a sustainable network for long-term monitoring of benthic polychaete community changes due to ecological factor in?uences and anthropogenic activity impacts.

关 键 词：POLYCHAETES TAXONOMIC diversity Essaouira rocky shore faunal ASSEMBLAGE 

分 类 号：P73[天文地球—海洋科学]