Characters of marine macrobenthic community in Shidao area, Shandong Peninsula

Based on the material collected during August 2008 to May 2009 in the Shidao area,eastern end of the Shandong Peninsula,the species compostion,distribution and community structure of marine macrobenthos were studied and reported in the present paper.In total,164 macrobenthic species were found from the research area,and the dominant species were obvious.The mean density and biomass were 279 ind./m2and 11.00 g/m2 respectively.The macrobenthic community of the research area can be classified as two kinds of type: the seashore rough sandy community and the offshore mud sandy community.These results from the research area were compared with those from the adjacent areas,and the differences among them were discussed.