this study was conducted to assess water quality level of zarin gol stream on macrobenthic invertebrates. macrobenthic fauna were sampled from 9 selected sampling stations along the stream with an average distance of 22 km by using a surber sampler every 45 days during the year. sampling was replicated 9 times in each sampling station. collected samples were fixed with 4% formalin, isolated, an...

Benthic communities form an important component of the marine food chain. Their occurrence also provides information on the health of the ecosystem. A study was carried out to understand the distribution and abundance of macrobenthos along with sediment characteristics and physicochemical parameters in Visakhapatnam harbour, a major port along the east coast of India. In all 84 macrobenthic tax...

The Kane'ohe Bay lagoon floor is one of the largest shallowwater, muddy habitats in Hawai'i and is a major repository for sediments and, possibly, pollutants from the Kane'ohe watershed. Nonetheless, macrobenthic community structure, secondary production, and particle-mixing rates at the lagoon floor remain largely unstudied. During 1990-1991, we surveyed macrobenthic community structure at fou...

Epi-macrobenthic species richness, abundance and composition are linked with type, assemblage and structural complexity of seabed habitat within coastal ecosystems. However, the evaluation of these habitats is highly hindered by limitations related to both waterborne surveys (slow acquisition, shallow water and low reactivity) and water clarity (turbid for most coastal areas). Substratum type/d...

The white clam Spisula solida is harvested along the entire coast of Portugal using mechanical dredges. In this study, the total direct mortality of the macrobenthic community caused by three types of clam dredges (north dredge—ND, traditional dredge—TD, and the metallic grid dredge—GD) used in the S. solida fishery was determined and compared. The relationship between mortality and catching ef...