The dynamics of phytobenthos and its main drivers on abrasion platforms with vermetids (Alicante, Southeastern Iberian Peninsula)
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Title: | The dynamics of phytobenthos and its main drivers on abrasion platforms with vermetids (Alicante, Southeastern Iberian Peninsula) |
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Authors: | Terradas, Marc | Botana Gómez, Carlos | Valverde Urrea, Miguel | Zubcoff, Jose | Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A. |
Research Group/s: | Fitopatología | Web and Knowledge (WaKe) | Biología Marina |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada |
Keywords: | Seasonality | Community structure | Environmental factors | Species diversity | Benthos |
Knowledge Area: | Botánica | Estadística e Investigación Operativa | Zoología |
Issue Date: | 26-Apr-2018 |
Publisher: | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) |
Citation: | Mediterranean Marine Science. 2018, 19(1): 58-68. doi:10.12681/mms.14143 |
Abstract: | Abrasion platforms with vermetids shape unique seascapes and biotic assemblages that characterize several of the warm Mediterranean coasts. The composition, structural and seasonal dynamics of the platforms’ phytobenthos were examined at two Southeast Iberian locations through non-destructive sampling. The patterns observed were linked with environmental variables and grazers’ coverage, and we assessed their possible influence. Structural descriptors α-diversity and β-diversity were applied, pointing that depth and season-related variables were the major influencing drivers. Higher α-diversity and β-diversity values during winter and spring coincided with the production optimum of the community. A greater average water depth influences the abundance of both midlittoral and infralittoral taxa. The strong resemblance between the phytobenthos of these vermetid platforms and that on similar platforms in the Eastern and Central Mediterranean Sea suggests that these are affected by the same structuring mechanisms. |
Sponsor: | This research received financial assistance from the project “Seguimiento de macroalgas sobre el litoral rocoso y Posidonia de la Comunidad Valenciana, dentro de la Directiva Marco del Agua” of the Generalitat Valenciana. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/76723 |
ISSN: | 1108-393X | 1791-6763 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.12681/mms.14143 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.14143 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - Fitopatología - Artículos de Revistas INV - WaKe - Artículos de Revistas INV - BM - Artículos Científicos / Scientific Papers |
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