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Seasonal patterns of biodiversity in Mediterranean coastal lagoons

2019

Aim: Understanding and quantifying the seasonal patterns in biodiversity of phyto- benthos, macro-zoobenthos and fishes in Mediterranean coastal lagoons, and the species dependence upon environmental factors. Location: The study was carried out in the “Stagnone di Marsala e Saline di Trapani e Paceco,” the largest coastal lagoon system in the central Mediterranean Sea (Sicily, Italy), a Special Protection Area located along one of the central ecological corridors joining Africa and Europe. Methods: The coastal lagoon system was selected as a model ecosystem to investi- gate the seasonal variations in biodiversity indices and dominance–diversity relation- ships in phytobenthos, macro-zoobent…

Mediterranean climatefishSettore BIO/07 - EcologiaEcologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaBiodiversityCommunity structureartificial neural networks biodiversity climate change community structure confirmatory path analysis fish lagoon systems phytobenthos ridge regression zoobenthosClimate changelagoon systemsartificial neural networks; biodiversity; climate change; community structure; confirmatory path analysis; fish; lagoon systems; phytobenthos; ridge regression; zoobenthosclimate changeridge regressionEnvironmental scienceFish <Actinopterygii>zoobenthoscommunity structureconfirmatory path analysisartificial neural networksEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsbiodiversityphytobenthos
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Algal assemblages response to fish-farm biodeposition in a Southern Mediterranean area (Gulf of Castellammare, Sicily): preliminary data

2005

This study, carried out in the Gulf of Castellammare (northern coast of Sicily), concerns the effects of fish-farm nutrient enrichment on the algal assemblage growing on artificial substrata of cages. A total of 51 taxa were identified (3 Cyanophyceae, 3 Phaeophyceae, 5 Bacillariophyceae, 3 Chlorophyceae, 6 Ulvophyceae and 31 Rhodophyceae). A dominance of opportunistic species was highlighted, following a gradient from impact areas to controls.

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaSettore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematicaaquaculture environmental effects phytobenthos northern Sicily Tyrrhenian Sea.
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