Groundfish species composition in the East China and Yellow Seas: a comparison of five surveys in 1986 to 1991

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  • YAMAMOTO KEISUKE
    National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency
  • TOKIMURA MUNEHARU
    Japan Sea National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency
  • TSUKAMOTO YOUICHI
    Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency
  • ZENITANI HIROMU
    National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency

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  • １９８６～１９９１　年における東シナ海および黄海の底棲性魚類組成
  • 1986 1991ネン ニ オケル ヒガシシナカイ オヨビ コウカイ ノ テイセイセイギョルイ ソセイ

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Abstract

  We studied seasonal changes in groundfish species composition in the East China and Yellow Seas. Specimens from five surveys in these areas from 1986 to 1991 were classified into species, weighed and counted. Water temperature and salinity were measured at each survey site with a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiler. Number of species, species diversity, and abundance per season were calculated for the combined survey area. Groundfishes in the East China and Yellow Seas comprised 334 species from 121 families. The dominant species were Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus), Black scraper (Thamnaconus modestus) and Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus). Water temperatures of the bottom layer were higher in autumn than in spring-summer or winter. Salinities of the bottom layer were higher in spring-summer and winter than in autumn. Species richness, species diversity and median values for both number of species and abundance were highest in autumn (October-December). The numbers of species per survey site were greater in the southern East China Sea than in other areas in all seasons.<br>

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