Inter-annual variability of soft bottom macrofaunal communities in two Ionian Sea lagoons
Nicolaidou, A.; Petrou, K.; Kormas, K.A.; Reizopoulou, S. (2006). Inter-annual variability of soft bottom macrofaunal communities in two Ionian Sea lagoons, in: Queiroga, H. et al. (Ed.) Marine biodiversity: patterns and processes, assessment, threats, management and conservation: Proceedings of the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September 2003. Developments in Hydrobiology, 183: pp. 89-98. dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4697-9_8 In: Queiroga, H. et al. (2006). Marine biodiversity - Patterns and processes, assessment, threats, management and conservation: Proceedings of the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September 2003. European Marine Biology Symposia, 38. Developments in Hydrobiology, 183. ISBN 1-4020-4321-X. XV, 353 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4697-9, more In: European Marine Biology Symposia., more |
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| Keywords | Aquatic communities > Benthos
Temporal variations
Water bodies > Lagoons
MED, Greece [Marine Regions]; MED, Ionian Sea [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Lagoons; benthos; Amvrakikos; Greece; temporal variations |
| Authors | | Top | - Nicolaidou, A.
- Petrou, K.
- Kormas, K.A.
- Reizopoulou, S.
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| Abstract | Inter-annual variation in the composition of the soft bottom macrobenthic communities of two undisturbed lagoons, in Amvrakikos Gulf, Ionian Sea, Greece, was investigated over three consecutive summers. The environmental parameters that showed the greatest variability were organic carbon of the sediment and salinity. The species found were typical of lagoonal systems, the most common and abundant of which were Abra ovata, Mytilaster minimus and, in the most enclosed areas, larvae of chironomids. Multivariate analysis registered community changes, which were mostly caused by changes in species dominance. Structural community characteristics such as number of species, number of individuals and diversity did not show significant differences among years except in the stations with least water exchange with the sea. |
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