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The community of Cystoseira brachycarpa J. Agardh emend. Giaccone (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) in a shallow hydrothermal vent area of the Aeolian Islands (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Sebastiano CalvoAgostino TomaselloJ. Rull LluchGiancarlo Bellissimo

subject

biologyCystoseira brachycarpaEcologyOcean acidificationPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationAeolian Islands Cystoseira brachycarpa community ocean acidification shallow hydrothermal vents Tyrrhenian SeaEnvironmental scienceAeolian processesReproductive capacitySpecies richnessFucalesEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsHydrothermal vent

description

A Cystoseira brachycarpa community from a vent area off Panarea Island (Italy) was investigated in two sites at different pH values. At low pH, species richness and coverage were low and the community displayed a reduced reproductive capacity. Conversely, at normal pH, dense canopies of fertile C. brachycarpa were found.

10.1080/11263504.2013.778350http://hdl.handle.net/10447/93003