2024-03-28T13:20:10Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1272522018-07-06T08:32:06Zcom_10261_88com_10261_8col_10261_341
Contribution to the study of deep coastal detritic bottoms: the algal communities of the continental shelf off the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean
Joher, S.
Ballesteros, Enric
Rodríguez-Prieto, C.
Detritic bottoms
Laminaria rodriguezii
Macroalgae
Sampling methods
Mediterranean Sea
Peyssonnelia inamoena
Spongites fruticulosus
18 páginas, 5 figuras, 2 tablas.
Three main algal-dominated coastal detritic communities from the continental shelf off Mallorca and Menorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean) are described herein: maërl beds dominated by Spongites fruticulosus and forests of Laminaria rodriguezii located in the Menorca channel, and Peyssonnelia inamoena beds found along the Southern coast of Menorca. There seems to be a gradient of disturbance from the highly disturbed Peyssonnelia beds to the almost undisturbed L. rodriguezii forests. Whether this gradient is the result of current and past anthropogenic pressure (e.g. trawling intensity) or is driven by natural environmental factors needs further assessment. Finally, the location of the target communities by means of ROV dives combined with the use of a Box-Corer dredge and beam trawl proved to be a good methodology in the study of the composition and structure of these deep water detritic communities.
The CANAL0209 survey was financed by the MarViva Foundation, the Govern de les Illes Balears and the IEO. The MEDITS_ES05_09 survey was supported by the BADEMECO project, financed by the IEO and the European Union.
Peer reviewed
2015
artículo
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Mediterranean Marine Science 16: 573-590 (2015)
1108-393X
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/127252
10.12681/mms.1249
en
http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.1249
Sí
none
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research