Preliminary survey on the population density of black pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758) and shell-epibiontic community along the coastline of southern Penghu Island / 澎湖本島南方沿岸海域黑蝶貝(Pinctada margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)資源量評估與殼上附生生物群聚之初探

碩士 / 國立澎湖科技大學 / 水產資源與養殖研究所 / 101 / For a long time, the collection of black pearl oyster (pinctada margaritifera) as a food source in Penghu islands, has led to the depletion of the species. There were insufficient studies on black pearl oyster stock and species conservation in Taiwan. This study aim to assess black pearl oyster stock of 9 survey sites along the coastline of southern Penghu Island. The transect line survey method was conducted to investigate the population density of P. margaritifera, substrate preferences and the composition of epibiotic community on the shells. A total of 70 black pearl oysters were collected from 4860 m2 survey area. The depth of distribution ranged from 3 to 9 m under sea water level. Mean population density was 1.42 ± 0.36 individual•100 m-2. The highest population density was 8.7 ± 0.9 individual•100 m-2 in Shan Shuei 1 survey site, while the lowest population density was 0.19 ± 0.1 individual•100 m-2 in Shan Shuei port survey site. Mean shell height of P. margaritifera among sampling sites ranged from 31 to 132 mm, the overall mean was 81 mm. For substrate preferences, P. margaritifera was more likely to settle on the hard rock substratum (90%) than coral reef (10%). There were 30 taxa of the composition of epibiotic community on the shells, including Chlorophyta, Phodophyta, Cyanobactera, Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Echiurioidea, Annelida, Arthopoda, Echinodermata and Chrodata. MDS ordination analysis revealed no difference on the composition of epibiotic community among sampling sites. In general, in comparesion with other studies, this survey suggested the population density of P. margaritifera is relative low in Southern Penghu island. There was also no enough evidence demonstrating that the epibiotic community had negative effect on P. margaritifera. Therefore, over fishing activity might be the major reason to interpret low population density of P. margaritifera and Penghu county government need to protect and conserve P. margaritifera resource in the future.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/101NPHT7833002
Date January 2013
CreatorsYung-Lin Hsueh, 薛雍霖
ContributorsJin-Ping Ueng, Yu-Sheng Huang, 翁進坪, 黃俞升
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format52

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