Fish assemblage structure in the hypoxic zone in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent waters

Xiujuan Shan; Xianshi Jin; Wei Yuan

doi:10.1007/s00343-010-9102-6

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Fish assemblage structure in the hypoxic zone in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent waters

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- Fish assemblage structure in the hypoxic zone in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent waters
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 28, Issue 3, Pages: 459-469(2010)
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  Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resource Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory for Fishery Resources and Eco-environment Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-010-9102-6
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Shan, X., Jin, X. & Yuan, W. Fish assemblage structure in the hypoxic zone in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent waters., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 28, 459–469 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-010-9102-6
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Shan, X., Jin, X. & Yuan, W. Fish assemblage structure in the hypoxic zone in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent waters., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 28, 459–469 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-010-9102-6 DOI：

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Fish assemblage structure in the hypoxic zone in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent waters were analyzed based on data from bottom trawl surveys conducted on the R/V Beidou in June

August and October 2006. Four fish assemblages were identified in each survey using two-way indicator species analysis (TWIA). High fish biomass was found in the northern part

central part and coastal waters of the survey area; in contrast

high fish diversity was found in the southern part of the survey area and the Changjiang estuary outer waters. Therefore

it is difficult to maintain high fishery production when high fish diversity is evenly distributed in the fish community. Fish became smaller and fish size spectra tended to be narrower because of fish species variations and differences in growth characteristics. Fish diversity increased

the age to maturity was reduced and some migrant species were not collected in the surveys. Fish with low economic value

small size

simple age structure and low tropic level were predominant in fish assemblages in the Changjiang estuary and its adjacent waters. The lowest hypoxic value decreased in the Changjiang estuary and its adjacent waters.

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