PMID- 33515836
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210310
LR  - 20210310
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 164
DP  - 2021 Mar
TI  - Baseline patterns of structural and functional diversity of benthic amphipods in 
      the western Arabian Gulf.
PG  - 112054
LID - S0025-326X(21)00088-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112054 [doi]
AB  - This work presents the structural and functional traits of benthic amphipods in 
      the Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf. Sixty-two species belonging to 37 genera 
      and 17 families were recorded. Sensitive species such as Grandidierella 
      bonnieroides, G. exilis, Gammaropsis atlantica and Caprellidea indet., were 
      mostly dominant. The average values of richness, density and diversity (H' 
      log(2)) were 11 +/- 1, 512 +/- 232 ind. m-2 and 3.1 +/- 0.1 respectively. The density 
      decreased with increased in depth (nearshore (NS) - 784 +/- 445 and offshore (OS) - 
      222 +/- 28, p = 0.023), while evenness (NS - 0.93 and OS -0.94) and diversity (NS - 
      3.10 and OS - 3.18) were unaffected by depth. Interstitial space dwellers 
      (56.76%) and surface deposit feeders (60.16%) were dominant in the nearshore sand 
      substratum. However, domicolous (72.2%) with suspension and surface deposit 
      feeders (71.7%) were more in offshore silt sediments. The combination of depth, 
      pH and TPH (p = 0.249) influenced the distribution of amphipods.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Manokaran, Seerangan
AU  - Manokaran S
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: 
      manokaran.pappathy@kfupm.edu.sa.
FAU - Joydas, Thadickal V
AU  - Joydas TV
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: 
      tvjoydas@kfupm.edu.sa.
FAU - Qurban, Mohammad A
AU  - Qurban MA
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Ministry of Environment, 
      Water and Agriculture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Cheruvathur, Linoy L
AU  - Cheruvathur LL
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Kerala University of 
      Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi 682506, Kerala, India.
FAU - Kariyathil, Thomas J
AU  - Kariyathil TJ
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Outlook District and Health 
      Center, Saskatchewan, Canada.
FAU - Basali, Abdullajid U
AU  - Basali AU
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Khan, Syed Ajmal
AU  - Khan SA
AD  - Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of 
      Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al-Suwailem, Abdulaziz
AU  - Al-Suwailem A
AD  - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210127
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
SB  - IM
MH  - *Amphipoda
MH  - Animals
MH  - Humans
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Amphipod
OT  - Arabian Gulf
OT  - Saudi Arabia
OT  - Sediment habitat
OT  - Structural and functional diversity
EDAT- 2021/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2021/03/11 06:00
CRDT- 2021/01/30 20:10
PHST- 2020/07/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/12/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/01/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/03/11 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/30 20:10 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(21)00088-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112054 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2021 Mar;164:112054. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112054. Epub 
      2021 Jan 27.