Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science1816-49271996-0751Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/jfas.2013.526.534HossainM. Belal AminS.M.N. AsadujjamanM. RahmanSharmeen 4201384This study was carried out to describe the distribution and community pattern
of benthic macrofauna collected from two nationally and internationally important
islands, Hatiya and Nijhum Dweep in the period of January to June, 2010 using
hand-held mud corer (10x10x10 cm) from seven stations. The coarser (order) level
of taxonomic resolution was used to investigate the community attributes among
the sampling stations. The study yielded a total of 10688.89 ind. m-2
macrofauna from all stations. Ten major taxa were identified from two islands
and polychaete being the dominant. The average population density was 1526.98±1453.375
ind. m-2. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) in faunal
density between Hatiya and Nijhum Dweep with later having higher mean density.
The maximum (1.97) Shannon diversity index was found in St1 and the lowest (1.14)
in St5. The highest similarity (76.6%) was found between St2 and St5. Multivariate
analysis was conducted at order level of benthos using PRIMER. Bray-Curtis similarity
measures among macrozoobenthic communities separated the stations into several
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