Data on diversity and abundance of zooplanktons along the northern part of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Azade Izadi; Sina Dobaradaran; Iraj Nabipour; Vahid Noroozi Karbasdehi; Ehsan Abedi; Hossein Darabi; Mohammad Ansarizadeh; Bahman Ramavandi

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.06.012

Data on diversity and abundance of zooplanktons along the northern part of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Data Brief. 2018 Jun 13:19:1418-1422. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.06.012. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Authors

Azade Izadi¹, Sina Dobaradaran^{1

2

3}, Iraj Nabipour⁴, Vahid Noroozi Karbasdehi¹, Ehsan Abedi⁵, Hossein Darabi⁴, Mohammad Ansarizadeh⁶, Bahman Ramavandi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
² The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
³ Systems Environmental Health, Oil, Gas and Energy Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
⁴ The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
⁵ Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Persian Gulf Center, Bushehr, Iran.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sepidan Higher Educational Complex, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

In this data article, we aimed to evaluate and compare the biological diversity and relative abundance of zooplankton communities in 3 different areas along the northern part of the Persian Gulf in 3 different seasons. Data showed that Centropages spp and Fish larvae were the highest and lowest species among the groups identified in summer in Lavare Saheli and Nakhle Taghi with relative abundances of 87% and 2.7% respectively. In winter, Cyphonautes larvae and Corycaeus spp. were the highest and lowest species in Kangan and Lavare Saheli with relative abundances of 57.1% and 1.88%, respectively. Also Decapoda larvae spp. and Gastropoda larvae were the highest and lowest species in spring in Kangan with relative abundances of 62.5% and 4.7% respectively. Data may serve as benchmarks for other groups working in the field of pollution control, aquatic ecosystem, and toxicology.

Keywords: Bushehr province; Centropages spp.; Persian Gulf; Zooplankton.