Assessment of macrobenthic community function and ecological quality after reclamation in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary wetland

Yinying Huang Yingying Huang Xinglin Du Yiming Li Jiangtao Tian Qiang Chen Youhui Huang Weiwei Lv Ying Yang Zhiquan Liu Yunlong Zhao

Yinying Huang, Yingying Huang, Xinglin Du, Yiming Li, Jiangtao Tian, Qiang Chen, Youhui Huang, Weiwei Lv, Ying Yang, Zhiquan Liu, Yunlong Zhao. Assessment of macrobenthic community function and ecological quality after reclamation in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary wetland[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(11): 96-107. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2046-9
Citation: Yinying Huang, Yingying Huang, Xinglin Du, Yiming Li, Jiangtao Tian, Qiang Chen, Youhui Huang, Weiwei Lv, Ying Yang, Zhiquan Liu, Yunlong Zhao. Assessment of macrobenthic community function and ecological quality after reclamation in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary wetland[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(11): 96-107. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2046-9

doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2046-9

Assessment of macrobenthic community function and ecological quality after reclamation in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary wetland

Funds: The Shanghai Chongming Dongtan Bird National Nature Reserve Resource Monitoring Project under contract No. CMDT-JC202101; the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission under contract No. 19ZR1436900.
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  • Figure  1.  Schematic diagram of macrobenthic sampling in Chongming Dongtan wetland from 2019 to 2020. In b, the dark grey area represents the semi-closed reclamation restoration area, and the light grey area represents the natural tidal-flat area. The dots represent the sampling sites; the dash lines represent the Transects N3 and N4.

    Figure  2.  The species composition (a), number of species (b), density (c) and biomass (d) of macrobenthos in Chongming Dongtan wetland from 2019 to 2020. N3 and N4 are sampling transects; S1, S1A, S2, S2E and S3 are sampling sites. Different letters above the bars indicate significant differences among sites.

    Figure  3.  The correlation matrix of the macrobenthic diversity index in Chongming Dongtan wetland from 2019 to 2020. The d is the Margalef species richness index; J′, Pielou species evenness index; H', Shannon-Wiener index; Δ+, average taxonomic distinctness; Λ+, variation in taxonomic distinctness; FDQ, functional diversity index; FDis, functional dispersion; and FDQ/H', functional redundancy. Species diversity includes d, J' and H'; taxonomic diversity, Δ+ and Λ+; functional diversity, FDQ and FDis; Functional redundancy, FD/H'.

    Figure  4.  Clustering and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis of macrobenthic communities in Chongming Dongtan wetland from 2019 to 2020.

    Figure  5.  Abundance-biomass comparison curves of 7 habitats in Chongming Dongtan Wetland from 2019 to 2020 (green triangle is abundance; blue triangle, biomass).

    Table  1.   The relationship between AMBI and M-AMBI and ecological quality status/environmental disturbance

    Ecological quality/Disturbance classificationAMBIM-AMBI
    High/undisturbed(0, 1.2]>0.77
    Good/slightly disturbed(1.2, 3.3](0.53, 0.77]
    Moderate/moderately disturbed(3.3, 5.0](0.38, 0.53]
    Poor/heavily disturbed(5.0, 6.0](0.20, 0.38]
    Bad/extremely disturbed>6.0(0, 0.20]
    Note: AMBI is the abbreviation of AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index; and M-AMBI, multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index.
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    Table  2.   The biodiversity index of macrobenthos in the Chongming Dongtan wetland, Shanghai from 2019 to 2020

    Transect N3Transect N4Site S1Site S1ASite S2Site S2ESite S3
    DO concentration/(mg·L−1)7.95±2.727.89±4.548.40±3.5010.09±4.9211.45±3.848.63 ± 2.6910.49 ± 2.61
    pH8.14±0.477.88±0.528.02±0.498.32±0.298.36±0.497.96±0.758.09±0.50
    Water temperature/°C20.72±10.1120.30±10.0419.73±7.7719.82±8.4120.49±8.1319.71±8.3820.52±8.64
    Salinity8.33±1.91b8.77±2.27b3.52±2.65a3.46±2.67a1.37±2.07a3.11±1.97a4.37±1.96a
    d2.18±0.59c1.85±0.59bc0.94±0.42ab1.67±0.87bc0.19±0.26a1.44±0.60bc1.23±0.74b
    J'0.62±0.15ab0.65±0.14b0.70±0.15b0.82±0.10b0.18±0.29a0.60±0.19ab0.77±0.15b
    H'2.36±0.65b2.31±0.59b1.62±0.39b2.54±0.81b0.31±0.59a1.86±0.72b2.01±1.00b
    Δ+88.33±3.73b83.43±14.02b84.74±9.01b82.47±9.55b48.26±51.67a85.24±2.70b90.13±6.84b
    $\varLambda $+437.13±108.99b362.08±65.10ab331.40±166.21ab533.50±414.53b51.12±121.58a521.72±113.81b332.89±234.43ab
    FDQ42.56±3.20b44.97±4.10b37.81±7.68b41.88±6.15b11.99±13.81a38.92±6.67b39.23±11.46b
    FDis6.42±0.25b6.60±0.33b6.01±0.69b6.39±0.49b2.20±2.47a6.15±0.55b6.09±1.09b
    FDQ/H'19.38±6.3420.86±7.3724.49±7.4417.89±5.9539.50±53.3025.03±12.7424.54±14.46
    Note: d is the Margalef species richness index; J', Pielou species evenness index; H', Shannon-Wiener index; Δ+, average taxonomic distinctness; $\varLambda $+, variation in taxonomic distinctness; FDQ, functional diversity index; FDis, functional dispersion; and FDQ/H', functional redundancy. Different letters indicate significant differences among sites.
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    Table  3.   AMBI and M-AMBI of 7 habitats in Chongming Dongtan wetland from 2019 to 2020

    Sampling
    area
    AMBIDisturbance classificationM-AMBIEcological
    quality
    N32.210slightly disturbed0.83high
    N41.514slightly disturbed0.95high
    S11.474slightly disturbed0.82high
    S1A1.453slightly disturbed0.99high
    S22.863slightly disturbed0.35poor
    S2E3.014slightly disturbed0.69good
    S32.543slightly disturbed0.77high
    Note: AMBI is the abbreviation of AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index; and M-AMBI, multivariate AZTI’s Marine Biotic Index.
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    Table  4.   Comparison of community characteristics before and after reclamation in Chongming Dongtan wetland

    Variable 2007−20082019−2020
    High and middle marshLow marshSemi-closed restoration areaNatural tidal flat area
    Average number of species15192333
    Average density/(ind.·m−2)672.751866.51304.84078.5
    d2.0542.4613.0633.851
    J'0.5140.5840.5870.634
    H'1.9462.5022.7073.195
    Note: d is the Margalef species richness index; J', Pielou species evenness index; H', Shannon-Wiener index.
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