Abstract:
Objective To further understand the community structure characteristics of fishery resources in northern Hangzhou Bay, including species composition, resource density, dominant species, diversities and so on.
Methods The fishery resources community structure was analyzed by using IRI, Cluster and nMDS based on the trawl survey data collected in August 2023 (summer), November 2023 (autumn), January 2024 (winter) and May 2024 (spring).
Results 1) A total of 35 fishery species were investigated in four seasons, and the order of seasons was autumn (24 species) > summer (21 species) > spring (20 species) > winter (13 species). In any season, except winter, the species composition was mainly fishes, shrimps and crabs. The number of fish species in the four seasons was dominant. 2) The density of fishery resources in northern Hangzhou Bay changed seasonally. The order of individual resource density was summer (627 591.20 ind/km2) > spring (280 652.33 ind/km2) > autumn (277 154.35 ind/km2) > winter (58 831.26 ind/km2), and the order of weight resource density was summer (1 039.01 kg/km2) > spring (493.74 kg/km2 ) > autumn (211.32 kg/km2) > winter (129.78 kg/km2). 3) IRI study showed that the dominant species was only Palaemon annandalei in four seasons, and the seasonal change of main fishery species was obvious. The catch of four dominant species accounts for 69.26% in summer, 61.65% in autumn, 67.74% in winter and 81.85% in spring. 4) Margalef richness index (D), Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H') and Pielou’ evenness index (J') were used to analyze the community diversities. The results showed that there was little difference in community diversities between spring and summer, but there were obvious changes in community diversities among spring, summer, autumn and winter. Margalef species richness index indicated that the investigated waters were moderately disturbed. 5) Cluster, nMDS and one-way ANOVA (P=0.001) all supported the seasonal differences in community structure, while one-way ANOVA did not support the spatial differences (P>0.05).
Conclusion The density, species composition and community structure of fishery resources in northern Hangzhou Bay have obviously seasonal changes.
Significance This study supplements the basic data for the fishery resources community in northern Hangzhou Bay, providing reference for fishery resource assessment and conservation.