CIMAR/CIIMAR-Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2010;61(4-6):240-6. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.020. Epub 2010 Mar 26.
The epibenthic community of the Minho Estuary was studied during the summer of 2006. Diversity was generally low and a total of 14 fish and five crustacean taxa were identified. Multivariate analysis revealed two site clusters (A and B). Water conductivity and percentage of fine sand were the abiotic variables that most contributed to the spatial distinction between clusters. The species contributing the most to the average similarity within Cluster A were Crangon crangon and Pomatoschistus microps, while in Cluster B was Atyaephyra desmarestii. Possible factors responsible for the low diversity of the epibenthic community in Minho Estuary were the low macrozoobenthic abundance and diversity, and the high abiotic oscillations between tides (mainly salinity) acting on the ecosystem.
2006 年夏季，对米尼奥河口的底栖生物群落进行了研究。多样性总体较低，共鉴定出 14 种鱼类和 5 种甲壳类动物。多元分析显示有两个站点群（A 和 B）。水导率和细沙百分比是对聚类之间空间差异贡献最大的非生物变量。对 A 聚类内平均相似性贡献最大的物种是 Crangon crangon 和 Pomatoschistus microps，而在 B 聚类中则是 Atyaephyra desmarestii。米尼奥河口底栖生物群落多样性低的可能原因是大型底栖动物的丰度和多样性低，以及潮汐（主要是盐度）对生态系统的高生物物理波动。
