Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait

Dominant species are identified at infracenotic level for aquatic vegetation in the sublittoral zone of the northwestern Tatar Strait (Japan Sea) on the data collected in 2010–2019. Seven different methods of the identifying are considered based both on visual qualitative and quantitative assessment...

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Main Author: A. A. Dulenin
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Language:Russian
Published: Transactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography 2020-09-01
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Online Access:https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/585
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description Dominant species are identified at infracenotic level for aquatic vegetation in the sublittoral zone of the northwestern Tatar Strait (Japan Sea) on the data collected in 2010–2019. Seven different methods of the identifying are considered based both on visual qualitative and quantitative assessments and on instrumental estimations of abundance for 44 macrophyte species. Depending on applied method, 19–25 species (7–22 % of total number of species) are identified as the dominants, including 10 species identified by all methods. List of these 10 species is defined as the core of vegetation that determines its general properties and the species are determined as unconditional dominants, in opposite to other ones identified by at least one method — conditional dominants. All macrophyte species in areas of low abundance do not meet the dominance criteria. All lists of dominants, including those based on visual estimates of projective cover and its physiognomy, are statistically indistinguishable (p = 0.55–0.92, by pairs of lists) and highly similar (Bray-Curtis index 0.80–0.95, Jacquard index 0.65–0.87), with one exception for the list identified by the method of ranking for the average projective cover (indices of similarity with other lists: 0.68–0.71 by Bray-Curtis, 0.46–0.56 by Jacquard). This visual method of projective cover assessment is combined with the procedure of species dividing to dominant and non-dominant groups. Quantitative criteria of projective cover and biomass, by species (thresholds 0.2 and 1.0 kg/m3, respectively) are used for dividing on cenotic and landscape levels and ranking with Brotskaya-Zenkevich index and its modification for projective cover is used for dividing on regional level. Visual methods are available for verification, but the lists of dominants based on visual and instrumental assessments should be mutually verified.
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spelling doaj.art-099edf798288474ab4fda9f472ed461b2023-09-03T09:26:59ZrusTransactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and OceanographyИзвестия ТИНРО1606-99192658-55102020-09-01200376778810.26428/1606-9919-2020-200-767-788541Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar StraitA. A. Dulenin0Хабаровский филиал ВНИРО (ХабаровскНИРО)Dominant species are identified at infracenotic level for aquatic vegetation in the sublittoral zone of the northwestern Tatar Strait (Japan Sea) on the data collected in 2010–2019. Seven different methods of the identifying are considered based both on visual qualitative and quantitative assessments and on instrumental estimations of abundance for 44 macrophyte species. Depending on applied method, 19–25 species (7–22 % of total number of species) are identified as the dominants, including 10 species identified by all methods. List of these 10 species is defined as the core of vegetation that determines its general properties and the species are determined as unconditional dominants, in opposite to other ones identified by at least one method — conditional dominants. All macrophyte species in areas of low abundance do not meet the dominance criteria. All lists of dominants, including those based on visual estimates of projective cover and its physiognomy, are statistically indistinguishable (p = 0.55–0.92, by pairs of lists) and highly similar (Bray-Curtis index 0.80–0.95, Jacquard index 0.65–0.87), with one exception for the list identified by the method of ranking for the average projective cover (indices of similarity with other lists: 0.68–0.71 by Bray-Curtis, 0.46–0.56 by Jacquard). This visual method of projective cover assessment is combined with the procedure of species dividing to dominant and non-dominant groups. Quantitative criteria of projective cover and biomass, by species (thresholds 0.2 and 1.0 kg/m3, respectively) are used for dividing on cenotic and landscape levels and ranking with Brotskaya-Zenkevich index and its modification for projective cover is used for dividing on regional level. Visual methods are available for verification, but the lists of dominants based on visual and instrumental assessments should be mutually verified.https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/585японское моресеверо-западная часть татарского проливаподводная растительностьметоды выделения доминантов
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Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait
Известия ТИНРО
японское море
северо-западная часть татарского пролива
подводная растительность
методы выделения доминантов
title Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait
title_full Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait
title_fullStr Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait
title_full_unstemmed Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait
title_short Optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern Tatar Strait
title_sort optimal methods for identification of dominants for submerged aquatic vegetation on a case of the northwestern tatar strait
topic японское море
северо-западная часть татарского пролива
подводная растительность
методы выделения доминантов
url https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/585
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