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New Insights into a Mediterranean Sea Benthic Habitat : High Diversity of Epiphytic Bryozoan Assemblages on Phyllophora crispa (Rhodophyta) Mats
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- Rossbach, Felix Ivo (författare)
- Univ Bremen, Fac Biol & Chem, Marine Ecol Dept, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
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- Casoli, Edoardo (författare)
- Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Environm Biol, I-00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Plewka, Julia (författare)
- Univ Bremen, Fac Biol & Chem, Marine Ecol Dept, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
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- Schmidt, Neele (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för ekologi och genetik,Univ Bremen, Fac Biol & Chem, Marine Ecol Dept, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
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- Wild, Christian (författare)
- Univ Bremen, Fac Biol & Chem, Marine Ecol Dept, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
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Univ Bremen, Fac Biol & Chem, Marine Ecol Dept, D-28359 Bremen, Germany Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Environm Biol, I-00185 Rome, Italy. (creator_code:org_t)
- 2022-04-28
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Diversity. - : MDPI. - 1424-2818. ; 14:5
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Abstract
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- With its geographically isolated location and geological history, the Mediterranean Sea harbors well-known biodiversity hotspots, such as Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. Recently, long-living mats formed by the fleshy red alga Phyllophora crispa have been described to be associated with a high diversity of sessile invertebrates in the Tyrrhenian Sea. One of the key taxa among these sessile invertebrates are bryozoans: their abundance, diversity, and spatial distribution in P. crispa mats represent a gap in scientific knowledge. Thus, we conducted a pilot study on bryozoan assemblages associated with P. crispa mats around Giglio Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy) in 2018, followed by a comparative study on four sites distributed around the island in the subsequent year, 2019. We compared these findings to bryozoan abundance and diversity on P. oceanica shoots and leaves during the second expedition. The findings revealed more than 46 families, with a significantly higher number of taxa identified in P. crispa mats (33) than in P. oceanica meadows (29). The Shannon diversity index was similar between P. crispa and P. oceanica shoots, while Pielou's evenness index was lower in P. crispa mats. The most abundant families reported across all habitats were Crisiidae, Aetidae, and Lichenoporidae; but the most abundant family on P. crispa was Chlidoniidae (Chlidonia pyriformis). The assemblages associated with P. crispa differed among sites, with higher abundances but lower diversity on the exposed southernmost site. The total bryozoan abundance was significantly higher on P. crispa (average 2.83 x 10(6) +/- 1.99 x 10(6) colonies per m(2) seafloor) compared to P. oceanica meadows (average 0.54 x 10(6) +/- 0.34 x 10(6) colonies per m(2) seafloor). Our results show a high diversity of bryozoans on P. crispa thalli compared to P. oceanica meadows, which was consistent throughout the study. These findings confirm the value of the red alga-generated habitat for associated bryozoans and may have implications for future biodiversity assessments and conservation measures.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
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- phytal habitat
- epiphytic communities
- engineering species
- sessile invertebrates
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