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Annual changes in macrobenthos abundance in Funka Bay, Japan

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The temporal variation in macrobenthos abundance was studied in Funka Bay in the periods 2001–2004 and 2007–2010. Dissolved oxygen just above the sea floor of the basin was lower and ignition loss at the level of the sea floor was higher in 2007–2010 than in 2001–2004. Macrobenthic species were categorized into three groups: long-lived species, sedental polychaeta Notomastus latericeus, and short-lived species. Ignition loss was the most influential factor affecting macrobenthos abundance as this variable restricts the recruitment of macrobenthos. The abundance of both long-lived species and N. latericeus was lower between 2007 and 2010 than between 2001 and 2004. Supplementation of oxygen from outside the bay by the Tsugaru Warm Current may be an important factor impacting the increase in the abundance of long-lived species. The abundance of N. latericeus barely increased between 2007 and 2010, possibly because dissolved organic matter, which is their food item, may have become limited due to a narrow chink between sediments with eutrophication. The abundances of short-lived species did not differ between the periods 2001–2004 and 2007–2010 due to the organisms having a low tolerance to hypoxia. The current conditions in Funka Bay are on the verge of turning the bay into an azoic zone.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank former Captains T. Meguro, S. Yamaguchi, and K. Ohkoshi and the crew of the T/S Ushio-Maru, as well as graduate students from the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences and undergraduate students from the Faculty of Fisheries at Hokkaido University for their help with data collection. We would also like to thank Associate Professor T. Nakatani for his helpful comments.

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  1. Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-3-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan

    Yuta Inagaki & Yuki Ashida

  2. Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-3-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan

    Tetsuya Takatsu & Toyomi Takahashi

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Inagaki, Y., Takatsu, T., Ashida, Y. et al. Annual changes in macrobenthos abundance in Funka Bay, Japan. Fish Sci 78, 647–659 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-012-0493-5

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