A study on benthic community structure in west of the Taiwan Strait and near the Taiwan Shoals

Community structures on benthic organisms in the Taiwan Strait based on 4 surveys during 1984-1985 are studied.Seven communities can be divided according to cluster analysis and community structure indexes.The distribution.structural feature of different communities.relation between environmental factors and community are also dixussed.The benthic organism community takes the.Asymmetron cultellum as the representative at the vast and deep east area in the south of the Taiwan Strait.The results provide new data for resource explmoation and biology study.