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May 6, 2026Aquatic EcologyOpen Access

Macrofauna community structure in extreme temperature and hypersaline waters: Khor Al-Adaid, Arabian Gulf

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FAFatima A Al-KhayatPSPrerana ShetMNMandar Nanajkar

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Seasonal analysis reveals community structure and diversity shifts in macrobenthic taxa linked to extreme environmental conditions.

Key Points

  • To investigate how extreme temperature and salinity influence macrobenthic community structure in Khor Al-Adaid.
  • Examined seasonal dynamics of macrobenthic communities over four seasons
  • Recorded 108 macrobenthic taxa, with polychaetes as the dominant group
  • Utilized multivariate analyses including cluster analysis and RDA
  • Macrofaunal abundance peaked in winter at 1774 ind. m−2 and decreased to 703 ind. m−2 in summer
  • Species richness was higher in summer with 47 species documented
  • Diversity indices varied seasonally, showing shifts under extreme physicochemical conditions

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Al-Khayat et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69faa2e204f884e66b5337fdhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-026-10281-7
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