Received: 12-08-2022 / Accepted: 21-10-2022
The study aimed to determine the species composition and abundance of zoobenthos in the paddy fields in Tri Ton district, An Giang province. Zoobenthos samples were collected at 6 sites consisting of 3 sites in the rice field area with 2 crops/year (TV1) and 3 sites in the rice field area with 3 crops/year (TV2) within 4 months. The sampling period began in December 2020, March 2021, November 2021 and February 2022. The results showed a total of 11 species belonging to 9 genera, 7 families, 6 orders, 4 classes and 3 phylums. The number of species in the sampling sites varied from 2 to 7 with a density ranged from 7 to 1,283 ind/m2. The number of benthic species in TV1 was higher than that in TV2. In contrast, the density of zoobenthos in TV1 was 7 times lower compared to that in TV2. The average d and J' indices ranged from 0.4-0.9 and 0.5-0.8, respectively, indicating high diversity and uniformity of benthic density in TV1 and TV2. Shannon diversity index (H') ranged from 0.2 to 1.7, indicating that the zoobenthos diversity richness found in TV1 and TV2 was from low to moderate. The results showed that different rice farming activities affect the distribution of species composition and abundance of benthic organisms in the rice field area at Tri Ton district, An Giang province.