A baseline study of benthic community associated with Amphioxus Sand in subtropical Hong Kong

Chen, Y.; Cheung, S.G.; Shin, Paul K.S.

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.026

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“…Branchiostoma belcheri is a warm-water species and is distributed from the northern end of the Taiwan Strait to Hainan Island. Branchiostoma japonicum is a cold-water species and is distributed from the Qingdao area to Hong Kong (Zhang et al 2006;Chen et al 2013;Li et al 2013). In this study, 13 substratum samples were collected from the southern area of Kinmen, an offshore island along the coast of China, and B. japonicum was the only lancelet species recorded there (Table 1, Figs 1 and 2).…”

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“…; Chen et al . ) have been used to monitor anthropogenic impacts such as sewage disposal and coastal development.…”

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“…The substratum protects the lancelets from light and predators, and provides healthy bacterial biota (Zhang et al 2007;Somorjai et al 2008), although some studies have suggested that the substratum might not be critical for culturing lancelets in the laboratory (Fuentes et al 2007;Yasui et al 2007). Because of the near-shore distribution and substratum preference, the occurrence and biomass of lancelets (Rota et al 2009;Barboza et al 2013) and the community composition of the benthos living with them (Antoniadou et al 2004;Chen et al 2013) have been used to monitor anthropogenic impacts such as sewage disposal and coastal development.…”

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The interplay of sediment characteristics, depth, water temperature, and ocean currents shaping the biogeography of lancelets (Subphylum Cephalochordata) in the NW Pacific waters

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Lancelets (or amphioxus) are often found within the soft bottom of shallow tropical and temperate seas. The present study is the first to provide a finescale biogeography of five species of lancelets (Asymmetron lucayanum, Branchiostoma belcheri, Branchiostoma japonicum, Epigonichthys cultellus, and Epigonichthys maldivensis) in the NW Pacific and examine the effects of multiple environmental parameters. From multivariate analyses, the distribution and abundance patterns of lancelets were explained by a combination of factors comprising depth, temperature of the collecting month, mean temperature of the coldest month in the year, medium particle size and silt/clay ratio of the sediments. In addition, ocean currents also affect their distribution range. The major occurrence of A. lucayanum and E. maldivensis was associated with the warm Kuroshio current, but E. maldivensis exhibited higher tolerance to low salinity and low temperature, and preferred substrata of slightly larger grain size, a lower ratio of suspended sediments, and deeper water. The closely related B. belcheri and B. japonicum exhibited fine-scale habitat differentiation, and B. japonicum was abundant along the southern coast of China, where the salinity is lower in winter because of the China Coastal Current and the substratum is composed of very coarse sand with suspended sediments. Branchiostoma belcheri occurred in low abundance and was only recorded in Northern Taiwan and the Taiwan Banks. Epigonichthys cultellus was found only at the Taiwan Banks, which had deep water, coarse sand, and a negligible amount of suspended sediments.

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“…; Chen et al . ) have been used to monitor anthropogenic impacts such as sewage disposal and coastal development.…”

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