Aghajanpour Fatemeh, Savari Ahmad, Danehkar Afshin, Chegini Vahid
Marine Bio-science Department, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), No. 3, Etemadzadeh St., Fatemi Ave., Tehran, 1411813389, IR, Iran.
Department of Marine Biology, Khorramshahr Marine Science and Technology University, Khorramshahr, Iran.
Environ Monit Assess. 2015 Dec;187(12):740. doi: 10.1007/s10661-015-4956-x. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
Identification and classification of intertidal areas provides the basic knowledge needed for studies of biogeography, macro-ecology, and faunal populations, as well as for conservation planning and managing human activities in coastal areas. In this research, the eastern coast of Bushehr Province was classified using the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS). Seven substrate subgroups, five geoform types in unconsolidated mineral substrate, five micro-habitats in rock substrate, and nine biotic groups were identified in study stations. The non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) ordinations and one-way analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) showed that macroinvertebrate species composition differed significantly among different geoform types (habitat types). Eight biotopes are introduced for the eastern coast of Bushehr Province based on observational and statistical methods. The results presented here show that identifying intertidal biotopes using CMECS is an appropriate method both for classifying the southern coastal areas of Iran and for integrating biotic and abiotic components.
潮间带区域的识别与分类为生物地理学、宏观生态学和动物种群研究提供了基础知识，同时也为沿海地区的保护规划和人类活动管理提供了依据。在本研究中，布什尔省东海岸依据海岸和海洋生态分类标准（CMECS）进行了分类。在研究站点识别出了七个基质亚组、未固结矿物基质中的五种地形类型、岩石基质中的五种微生境以及九个生物组。非度量多维标度法（nMDS）排序和单向相似性分析（ANOSIM）表明，不同地形类型（栖息地类型）之间的大型无脊椎动物物种组成存在显著差异。基于观测和统计方法，为布什尔省东海岸引入了八个生物群落类型。此处呈现的结果表明，使用CMECS识别潮间带生物群落类型是对伊朗南部沿海地区进行分类以及整合生物和非生物成分的一种合适方法。
