Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar a este item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/311623
COMPARTIR / EXPORTAR:
SHARE CORE BASE | |
Visualizar otros formatos: MARC | Dublin Core | RDF | ORE | MODS | METS | DIDL | DATACITE | |
Título: | Soft corals assemblages in deep environments of the Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean Sea) |
Autor: | Grinyó, Jordi CSIC ORCID; Garriga, Alba; Soler-Membrives, Anna; Santín, Andreu CSIC ORCID CVN; Ambroso, Stefano CSIC ORCID; López-González, Pablo JoséJ.; Díaz Viñolas, David CSIC ORCID | Palabras clave: | lcyonacea Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares Vulnerable marine ecosystems Continental shelf Continental shelf edge Continental slope Spatial and bathymetric distribution |
Fecha de publicación: | 2020 | Editor: | Elsevier BV | Resumen: | Image-based research in mesophotic and deep environments of the Mediterranean Sea has significantly increased during the past decades. So far, this research has been focused on the ecology of key structuring organisms such as scleractinians, antipatharians, gorgonians or large demosponges. However, the ecology of true soft corals has barely been studied and is still in a very preliminary stage. To overcome this situation, soft coral assemblages in shelf and slope environments of the Menorca Channel (Western Mediterranean Sea) have been studied through the quantitative analysis of 85 video transect recorded over 38500 m2. Highest soft coral diversity was encountered on the shelf edge, resembling deep Mediterranean gorgonian patterns. Three soft coral assemblages, segregated by depth, substrate, and slope were identified: two monospecific ones composed by Nidalia studeri and Alcyonium palmatum, respectively and a multispecific one composed by Paralcyonium spinulosum, Alcyonium sp., Chironephthya mediterranea and Daniela koreni. The evaluated species presented average densities within the same range as other deep Mediterranean anthozoans ranging from 1 to 9 col.·m−2. However, N. studeri and P. spinulosum punctually formed dense monospecific aggregations, reaching maximum densities of 49 col.·m−2 and 60 col.·m−2 respectively. Both species monopolized vast extensions of the continental shelf and shelf edge. The identification and ecological characterization of these assemblages brings new insight about deep Mediterranean anthozoan communities, and provides baseline for future management plans in the study area. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/311623 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102435 | ISSN: | 0079-6611 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | (IEO) Artículos |
Ficheros en este ítem:
Fichero | Descripción | Tamaño | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Grinyo_et_al_2020_postprint.pdf | 1,29 MB | Adobe PDF | Visualizar/Abrir |
CORE Recommender
SCOPUSTM
Citations
6
checked on 20-abr-2024
WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations
5
checked on 25-feb-2024
Page view(s)
24
checked on 27-abr-2024
Download(s)
22
checked on 27-abr-2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Altmetric
NOTA: Los ítems de Digital.CSIC están protegidos por copyright, con todos los derechos reservados, a menos que se indique lo contrario.