Benthic macrofaunal dispersion within different mangrove habitats in Hara Biosphere Reserve, Persian Gulf

Vahidi, F.; Fatemi, Reza; Danehkar, Afshin; Mashinchian, A.; Nadushan, R. Musavi

doi:10.1007/s13762-019-02469-2

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“…The ranges of temperature and salinity within this study were similar to other studies in mangrove forests in other areas in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean ( Table 6). The grain size did not change seasonally, but there was a significant difference between habitats, which was similar to observations in Nayband Bay mangroves (Hamzavi et al, 2012), while in Hara Biosphere Reserve, no spatial changes in the sediment characteristics were reported between stations and habitats (Vahidi et al, 2019). The measured values of organic matter in our study were highest in habitats associated with mangrove trees.…”

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“…Altogether we identified 122 macrofauna species in the different habitats, and the observed species composition (Supplementary Tables 3, 4) was similar to the one earlier reported from Hara Biosphere Reserve [with Gastropoda dominating (39%), together with Bivalvia (25%), Crustacea (24%), Polychaeta (11%), and Oligochaeta (2%; Vahidi et al, 2019)]. We found that species diversity and abundance in the habitats were clearly different from one another, most likely due to tidal differences and habitat complexity.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…In recent years, many investigations have utilized a combination of taxonomic and functional trait diversity, which has developed our understanding of ecosystem function and supported efforts for better ecosystem management and conservation (Bremner et al, 2003;Rodil et al, 2013;Villnäs et al, 2019). Many studies on species diversity of macrofaunal communities in mangrove ecosystems have been conducted globally (Morrisey et al, 2003;Pravinkumar et al, 2013;Al-Khayat et al, 2019;Vahidi et al, 2019). There have also been many studies on macrofauna diversity of mangrove forests in the Persian Gulf (Soleimanirad et al, 2011;Keshavarz et al, 2012;Safahieh et al, 2012;Vahidi et al, 2019), as well as on the diversity of Mollusca (Ghasemi et al, 2011;Kabir et al, 2014), and Polychaeta (Soleimanirad et al, 2014).…”

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“…Many studies on species diversity of macrofaunal communities in mangrove ecosystems have been conducted globally (Morrisey et al, 2003;Pravinkumar et al, 2013;Al-Khayat et al, 2019;Vahidi et al, 2019). There have also been many studies on macrofauna diversity of mangrove forests in the Persian Gulf (Soleimanirad et al, 2011;Keshavarz et al, 2012;Safahieh et al, 2012;Vahidi et al, 2019), as well as on the diversity of Mollusca (Ghasemi et al, 2011;Kabir et al, 2014), and Polychaeta (Soleimanirad et al, 2014). Studies on functional traits of macrofauna in mangrove habitats are, however, scarce (Leung, 2015;Chen et al, 2018), and to date, such studies have not been conducted in the Persian Gulf.…”

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Species Composition and Functional Traits of Macrofauna in Different Mangrove Habitats in the Persian Gulf

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Macrofauna play a key role in the functioning of mangrove ecosystems. Nevertheless, our understanding of the diversity and functional structure of macrofaunal communities across different habitats in the mangrove forests of the Persian Gulf is limited. In this study, we investigated species diversity and biological trait patterns of macrofauna in different mangrove-associated habitats, i.e., encompassing actual mangrove forests, and adjacent Beaches and Creeks, which exhibit different levels of habitat heterogeneity. Samples were collected from the different habitats in five different locations, over four seasons. A total of 122 macrofauna taxa were identified. The diversity of species was higher in summer than in winter. In the Beach habitats, species diversity showed an increasing trend from land toward the mangrove, whereas in Creek habitats diversity decreased from the Creek toward the mangrove. Multivariate community analysis showed differences in the distribution of abundant species and biological traits across all habitats. Deposit-feeding, crawlers, medium-size, and free-living were the dominant trait modalities in all habitats. The similarities within habitats over the four seasons had the same specific pattern of species and biological trait abundance in the Beach and the Creek, increasing from the non-covered habitat into the mangrove trees. Although many species shared similar traits, the abundance-driven differences in trait expression between habitats showed the importance of habitat filtering. The results of this study will be useful in the conservation of mangrove forests and they give a deeper understanding of the ecological patterns and functions of benthic macrofaunal communities in the Persian Gulf.

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Species Composition and Functional Traits of Macrofauna in Different Mangrove Habitats in the Persian Gulf

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“…Mangrove has important roles on small island coastal area since it delivers ecological, protection and economic benefits for adjacent ecosystems. Mangrove existence supports nurseries and feeding ground for fauna diversity who has an economical value for alternative livelihood [7][8][9]. A healthy forest protects the coastline from abrasion [10], maintains saltwater intrusion [11] and reduces coastal residence damages caused by typhoons and tsunami [12][13].…”

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Spatial and temporal analysis for mangrove community healthiness in Liki Island, Papua-Indonesia

Nurdiansah¹,

Dharmawan²

2021

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Indonesian mangrove declined significantly in the last two decades which has been considered to deliver a negative impact for adjacent communities in small islands. Mangrove quality monitoring was conducted during Nusa Manggala Expedition in 2018, which was aimed to analyze forest structure and healthiness using spatial-temporal investigation in Liki island, Papua. Field data were collected from 10m-×-10m quadratic plots which were distributed following stratified purposive sampling method. Spatial and temporal was implemented using Sentinel 2 imagery on this area from 2016 to 2021. The result of this field study had considered that mangrove in Liki island was in moderate healthiness since the MHI value was between 33.33%-66.67%. It was supported by remote sensing analysis in 2018 which showed that the moderate MHI area was dominant by approximately 42% compared to the excellent area in about 33%. Liki’s mangrove had experienced a declining trend of excellent category from 2016 and reached the lowest area of its category in 2018. In the last four-year observation, excellent areas gradually increased which was covering 57.68% of forest MHI. The dynamic of mangrove healthiness on this island tended to be delivered by natural events.

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Drivers of the spatiotemporal patterns of the mangrove crab metacommunity in a tropical bay

Chen

Lin

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Ecology and Evolution

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Benthic macrofaunal dispersion within different mangrove habitats in Hara Biosphere Reserve, Persian Gulf

Cited by 11 publications

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Species Composition and Functional Traits of Macrofauna in Different Mangrove Habitats in the Persian Gulf

Species Composition and Functional Traits of Macrofauna in Different Mangrove Habitats in the Persian Gulf

Spatial and temporal analysis for mangrove community healthiness in Liki Island, Papua-Indonesia

Drivers of the spatiotemporal patterns of the mangrove crab metacommunity in a tropical bay

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