%0 Journal Article
%T Characteristics of the Fish Assemblage in the Intertidal Salt Marsh and Mudflat of the Yangtze Estuary
%A Heng Zhang
%A Jingyu Ye
%A Xuehui Wang
%A Shenglong Yang
%J Open Journal of Marine Science
%P 49-63
%@ 2161-7392
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojms.2019.91004
%X During
July 2015 to June 2016</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">two permanent sampling sites were established in </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Scirpus mariqueter </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">salt marsh and its adjacent mudflat on the intertidal
zone of Chongming-Dongtan in the Yangtze Estuary. Based on monthly trap net surveys
of fishes, the characteristics of the fish assemblages in the different
subhabitats, including the salt marsh and mudflat, and the monthly variations
were analyzed</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> A
total of 19 species of fish</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">es</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> were found belong to 12 Families. The characteristics including the
dominant fish species were different in these two subhabitats. 18 species of fish
were recorded in the mudflat, of which the dominant species were the </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Coilia ectenes</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pelteobagrus nitidus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Lateolabrax
maculatus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. Ten species of fish were recorded in the salt marsh of which the
dominant species were the </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Coilia ectenes</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Saurogobio dumerili</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Liza haematocheila</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Lateolabrax maculatus </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Acanthogobius
ommaturus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pelteobagrus nitidus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> prefer</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> to use
the mudflat, while </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Lateolabrax maculatus </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Liza haematocheila</span></i><span
%K Yangtze Estuary
%K Intertidal Zone
%K Subhabitat
%K Fish Assemblage
%K Species Richness
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=90179