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Identification and Estimation of frequencies of stony corals of littoral zone in the Hengam Island
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Parisa Nejatkhah Manavi   , Hamid Rezaei Marnani , Hamed Dehghani |
| North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran |
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| In this study, the corals of scleractinia order were investigated and identified in the tidal zones of Hengam Islands in winter 2009. To fulfill this study, five transect in following 5 stations: Arabha, Khenezi, Abas, Ghil, and Eskele around the island have been considered. Sampling has been done in the beginning of ebb. Each transect has been investigated by netted quadrat 1×1m and squares 10×10 cm completely. The samples have been identified according to the valid references and the numbers of colonies of stations have been compared. According to the findings, 8 species of 3 families of scleractinia have been identified in the tidal zones. From the percentage of species frequencies and covering point of view, the results of ANOVA in the stations showed meaningful differences (p<0.05). In Scleractinia, the most species belong to Faviidae family. Between the related stations, Eskele station was better than the other stations from the corals frequencies point of view. |
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| Keywords: Hengam Island, Frequency, Cover, Tidal Zone, Quadrat, Persian Gulf, Sclereactina |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2014/02/6 | Accepted: 2014/02/6 | Published: 2014/02/6
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