Based on the bottom trawl survey data by R / V " Beidou冶 from September, 2006 to May, 2007 in the sections of the central and southern Yellow Sea, fish community structure, community diversity, biomass distribution by catch per hour and their relationships with environmental variables were studied. A total of 109 species were collected, all of which were Osteichthyes, belonging to 86 genera, 57 families, and 16 orders. The most species鄄rich orders were Perciformes (45 species) , followed by Scorpaeniformes (12 species) , Clupeiformes (10 species) , and Pleuronectiformes (10 species). The fish catch was dominated by warm water species and warm temperate species, including few cold temperate species. The proportion of species ecotypes in fish catch varied with survey time, e.g., warm water species dominated the catch in March 2007 and warm temperate species dominated the catch in September 2006. The majority of species were small鄄sized pelagic (e.g., Engraulis japonicus, Setipinna taty) and low鄄valued demersal species (e. g., Lophius litulon, Liparis tanakai) ,
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