Effects of shellfish culture on the community and mortality of zooplankton in a subtropical Bay -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(2):458-468

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	Bijian Pang, Hongjun Li, Mingmin Li, Xin Luo, Ying Chen, Tianshen Li, Wenlu Lan. Effects of shellfish culture on the community and mortality of zooplankton in a subtropical Bay[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, 41(2): 458-468

Effects of shellfish culture on the community and mortality of zooplankton in a subtropical Bay

Bijian Pang¹, Hongjun Li², Mingmin Li¹, Xin Luo¹, Ying Chen¹, Tianshen Li¹, Wenlu Lan¹

1. Beibu Gulf Marine Ecological Environment Field Observation and Research Station of Guangxi, Marine Environmental Monitoring Center of Guangxi, Beihai, 536000, China;
2. National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian, 116023, China

Abstract:

Spatial and temporal distribution of abundance, community structure and succession, and mortality of zooplankton were examined in a subtropical bay—the Qinzhou Bay, Guangxi, South China, to evaluate the impact of oyster culture on zooplankton. Data on zooplankton abundance, phytoplankton biomass, and environmental parameters were collected in 12 routine samplings at four sites in the Qinzhou Bay in 2018. Results show that the hydrological environment in the estuary affected the temporal variation of zooplankton of the Qinzhou Bay. However, the oyster culture affected the spatial distributions of zooplankton. The abundance of zooplankton outside the oyster farm was higher than that inside, whereas the mortality outside the oyster farm, on the contrary, was lower than that inside. Oyster culture in the Qinzhou Bay had built a significant impact on the abundance and community composition of zooplankton, and the food shortage caused by the ingestion of oyster might exacerbate the mortality of zooplankton in the Qinzhou Bay. In addition, the large-scale oyster culture increased the spatial heterogeneity of the community structure of zooplankton inside and outside the oyster farms. Findings of this study provide a reference for future policy-making in aquaculture management.

Key words: zooplankton|community structure|mortality|oyster culture|Qinzhou Bay

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