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Colonization dynamics of periphytic ciliate communities on an artificial substratum in coastal waters of the Yellow Sea, northern China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2012

Wei Zhang ,
Henglong Xu ,
Yong Jiang ,
Mingzhuang Zhu  and
Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid
Wei Zhang
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
Henglong Xu*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
Yong Jiang
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
Mingzhuang Zhu
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Xu, Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China email: henglongxu@126.com
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Abstract

Colonization dynamics of periphytic ciliate communities were studied in coastal waters of the Yellow Sea, northern China from May to June 2010, using an artificial substratum. Samples were collected at two depths of 1 and 3 m. The temporal patterns of ciliate colonization had similar dynamics and were fitted to the MacArthur–Wilson and logistic models in colonization and growth curves at both depths, respectively. The ciliate communities reached equilibrium in species composition within at least 10-days exposure time. However, they differed in both structural and functional parameters between the two layers, despite similar species composition. The species diversity, evenness, the colonization rate (G) and maximum abundance (Amax) were distinctly higher, but the time for reaching 90% equilibrium species number (T90%) was shorter at the depth of 1 m than those at a deeper layer. Results suggest that it is an optimal strategy to collect the ciliate communities within shorter exposure time at 1 m for ecological research and a monitoring programme in marine ecosystems.

Keywords

artificial substratumbiofilmcolonization dynamicsmarine ecosystemperiphytic ciliate
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 57 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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