Biodiversity hotspot for marine invertebrates around the Dokdo, East Sea, Korea: Ecological checklist revisited
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Title
- Biodiversity hotspot for marine invertebrates around the Dokdo, East Sea, Korea: Ecological checklist revisited
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Author(s)
- Song, Sung Joon; Park, Jinsoon; Ryu, Jongseong; Rho, Hyun Soo; Kim, Won; Khim, Jong Seong
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- Rho, Hyun Soo(노현수)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 노현수
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Publication Year
- 2017-06-30
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Abstract
- We extensively reviewed the macrozoobenthos around Dokdo, Korea, by analyzing metadata collected over the past 50 years. The Dokdo macrozoobenthos was represented by 578 species belonging to 243 families from 12 phyla, where four major phyla (or classes) collectively accounted for 86% to total. Mollusks, arthropods, and cnidarians were semi-equally occurred in intertidal and subtidal areas, while polychetes dominated the subtidal zone. The northern most region of Dokdo had the greatest biodiversity (173 species). The taxonomic distinctness analysis (delta +) indicated a close association between species by region, although the number of species varied greatly. About half of the species did not occur cross the locations (n = 20), indicating strong habitat preferences of Dokdo macrofaunal assemblages. Overall, the diversity of Dokdo was greater than that of Ulleung Island (east coast), but comparable to that of the well-developed tidal flats in the western Korean waters, highlighting its status as a biodiversity hotspot.
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ISSN
- 0025-326X
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/1211
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.068
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Bibliographic Citation
- MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, v.119, no.2, pp.162 - 170, 2017
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Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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Keywords
- Marine invertebrates; Ecological checklist; Biogeography; Dokdo; Ulleung Island; Korea
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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