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Heavy Metal Contents in Soft-Bottom Marine Macrophytes and Sediments Along the Mediterranean Coast of Spain

2000

. Hg, Cd, Pb and Zn concentrations were determined in sediment and in tissues of five species of soft-bottom marine macrophytes (Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa, Zostera noltii, Ruppia cirrhosa and Caulerpa prolifera) along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Levels of metals were low in most of the sampling stations and similar to those found by other authors in uncontaminated zones. Certain locations, however, showed some degree of contamination (Cambrils, Almassora, Alacant, Mar Menor and El Portus). In Santa Pola we found high contents of metals in one sample of sediment due to the high proportion of the fine fraction (particules < 63µm) and organic matter, but not in the seagrass spe…

EcologybiologyCymodocea nodosaUlvophyceaeSedimentAquatic ScienceCaulerpa proliferabiology.organism_classificationSeagrassRuppia cirrhosaPosidonia oceanicaBotanyZosteraEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsMarine Ecology
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Slight differences in community structure and biodiversity of fish associated to a Cymodocea nodosa meadow in a shallow CO2 vent

2018

Naturally acidified environments are used to test ecological hypotheses about the effects of ocean acidification on complex communities. Here, we used a shallow Mediterranean CO2 vent to study the coastal fish assemblages associated to Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows, long-term exposed to high pCO2 / low pH conditions. In particular, by using underwater visual census method, we assessed the structure and the biodiversity of fish assemblages living in a low pH site and in two control sites, in two periods of the year featured by dissimilar seagrass structure. The aim of this study was to test the effect of different pH on fish assemblages mediated by the habitat-forming structural species …

Fish assemblage shallow CO2 vent underwater visual census ocean acidification seagrass Cymodocea nodosa
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Sediment characteristics and macrofauna distribution along a human-modified inlet in the Gulf of Oristano (Sardinia, Italy)

2007

We studied the spatial variability and within-year temporal changes in hydrological features, grain size composition and chemical characteristics of sediments, as well as macrofaunal assemblages, along a heavily modified inlet in the Gulf of Oristano (western Sardinia, Italy). The inlet connects the Cabras lagoon to the gulf through a series of convoluted creeks and man-made structures, including a dam and fish barriers built in the last three decades. Sediments were muddy and mainly composed of the "non-sortable" fraction (i.e., < 8 mu m particle size) in all four areas investigated: Lagoon, Creeks, Channel and Seaward. Along the inlet, however, the ratio between the < 8 mu mn and the 8-64…

Geologic SedimentsCymodocea nodosacoastal lagoonsAquatic ScienceOceanographyTotal organic carbon (TOC)Water MovementsSeawaterOrganic matterParticle Sizeartificial structuresEcosystemHydrologyTotal organic carbonchemistry.chemical_classificationgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologyAcid-volatile sulphides (AVS)benthic species richnessSedimentInletbiology.organism_classificationCoastal lagoonPollutionSeagrassOceanographyBenthic species richneItalychemistryBenthic zonePosidonia oceanicaEnvironmental scienceArtificial structureSeasonsMacrofauna
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Seagrass ecosystem response to long-term high CO2 in a Mediterranean volcanic vent

2014

We examined the long-term effect of naturally acidified water on a Cymodocea nodosa meadow growing at a shallow volcanic CO2 vent in Vulcano Island (Italy). Seagrass and adjacent unvegetated habitats growing at a low pH station (pH = 7.65 ± 0.02) were compared with corresponding habitats at a control station (pH = 8.01 ± 0.01). Density and biomass showed a clear decreasing trend at the low pH station and the below- to above-ground biomass ratio was more than 10 times lower compared to the control. C content and delta 13C of leaves and epiphytes were significantly lower at the low pH station. Photosynthetic activity of C. nodosa was stimulated by low pH as seen by the significant increase in…

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CAN HALOPHILA STIPULACEA OUTCOMPETE CYMODOCEA NODOSA? A CASE STUDY OF A MEDITERRANEAN SHALLOW WATER HABITAT

2022

The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal more than 100 years ago. In the coastal-marine ecosystems the spatial niche of H. stipulacea is often overlapped with that of native Mediterranean Sea seagrasses and therefore it might out-compete them. On the basis of previous observations, we monitored for one year a Southern Mediterranean shallow water habitat (North-Western Sicily Island, Italy, Southern Mediterranean Sea), where H. stipulacea co-occurred with the native seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson. In this paper we compare sites with (impacted sites) and without H. stipulacea (non-impacted sites) to analy…

Settore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaHalophila stipulacea non-indigenous species Cymodocea nodosa seagrasses Mediterranean Sea shallow water habitat
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Seagrass response to high CO2 in volcanic vents

2012

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaCymodocea nodosa Posidonia oceanica ocean acidification CO2 vents
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Seagrass community metabolism in a Mediterranean volcanic vent

2012

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaCymodocea nodosa ocean acidification pH productivity respiration
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Seasonal variations in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (13C/12C and 15N/14N) of primary producers and consumers in a western Mediterran…

2003

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (13C/12C and 15N/14N) of primary producers and consumers were investigated seasonally throughout 1999, in order to describe the food web in a western Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Lake of Sabaudia, central Italy). Particulate organic matter and algal material (seagrass epiphytes and macroalgae) seem to constitute the main food sources for primary consumers (zooplankton and small benthic invertebrates, respectively) throughout the sampling year, while the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa appears to play a negligible trophic role. As regards the ichthyofauna, carbon stable isotopes differentiated between planktivore and benthivore fish species. However, a be…

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaEcologyPrimary producersbiologyEcologyCymodocea nodosaPelagic zoneAquatic Sciencebiology.organism_classificationFood webIsotopic signatureOceanographyPlanktivoreEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTrophic levelIsotope analysis
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Searching for the competitive ability of the alien seagrass Halophila stipulacea with the autochthonous species Cymodocea nodosa

2023

The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1867 entered in the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal more than 100 years ago. In coastal-marine ecosystems the spatial niche of H. stipulacea is often overlapped with that of native Mediterranean Sea seagrasses and therefore it might out-compete them. Aiming to better understand its invasiveness potential, we monitored a Southern Mediterranean shallow coastal-marine water habitat from August 2010 to August 2011, where H. stipulacea co-occurred with the native seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson, 1870. Besides, the year-round dynamics of H. stipulacea was also monitored in four periods. To test the hypothesis th…

Settore BIO/07 - Ecologiashallow coastal-marine habitatCymodoceaLiliopsidaCymodoceaceaePlant ScienceHydrocharitaceaeAquatic ScienceHalophilanon-indigenous species (NIS)Mediterranean SeaPlantaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsAlismatalesCymodocea nodosaEcologyEcological ModelingSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaCymodocea nodosa Halophila stipulacea invasive alien species (IAS) Mediterranean Sea non-indigenous species (NIS) seagrasses shallow coastal-marine habitatHalophila stipulaceaBiotaTracheophytaInsect ScienceAnimal Science and Zoologyinvasive alien species (IAS)seagrasses
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Origin and distribution of suspended organic matter as inferred from carbon isotope composition in a Mediterranean semi-enclosed marine system

1999

The origin and distribution of suspended organic matter, the trophic features and the stable carbon isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon (POC) were studied monthly in a Western Mediterranean semi-enclosed basin. Sampling stations were selected as a function of wind-exposure and the degree of vegetation cover and then compared with an adjacent unvegetated site. The predominant vegetation was seagrass (Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa) and Caulerpa prolifera. Water samples were analyzed for total suspended matter (inorganic and organic fractions), photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll-a and phaeopigments), dissolved organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and their isot…

Total organic carbonchemistry.chemical_classificationEcologybiologyCymodocea nodosachemistry.chemical_elementCaulerpa proliferabiology.organism_classificationOceanographyMediterranean seachemistryPosidonia oceanicaEnvironmental chemistryDissolved organic carbonGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental scienceorganic matter sources carbon isotope ratio DOC POC MEDOrganic matterCarbonEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsGeneral Environmental Science
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