Shallow-water soft bottom macrozoobenthic communities from Edremit Bay (NE Aegean Sea)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Albayrak, Serhat ^a   Balkis, Hüsamettin ^a   Çinar, Melih Ertan ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Edremit Bay; Environmental variables; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRELATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIVERSITY INDEX; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SILTY CLAY; SIMILARITY INDEX; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 47549093988     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. CLARKE KR & WARWICK RM (2001). Change in marine communities: An approach to statistical analysis and interpretation, 2nd edn. PRIMER-E: Plymouth.
2. ÇINAR ME (2003a). Ecological features of Syllidae (Polychaeta) from shallow-water benthic environments of the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Marine Biological Associations of the United Kingdom, 83: 737-745.
3. ÇINAR ME (2003b). Ecology of Syllidae (Polychaeta: Annelida) from northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Bulletin of Marine Science, 72 (3): 795-811.
4. ÇINAR ME, ERGEN Z, ÖZTÜRK B & KIRKIM F (1998). Seasonal analysis of zoobenthos associated with a Zostera marina L. bed in Gulbahce Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey). Marine Ecology- P.S.Z.N., 19: 147-162.
5. ERGEN Z & ÇINAR ME (1994). Ege Denizi'nde daǧιlιm gösteren Cystoseira fasiesinin kalitatif ve kantitatif yönden araştιrιlmasι. XII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, Edirne, IV: 138-149.
6. ERGEN Z, KOCATAŞ A, KATAǦAN T & ÇINAR ME (1994). Gencelli Limanι (Aliaǧa-İzmir) bentik faunasι. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Dergisi, B. 16/2: 1047-1059.
7. ERGEN Z, DÒRA C & ÇINAR ME (2002). Seasonal analysis of polychaetes from the Gediz River Delta (Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea). Acta Adriatica, 43: 29-42.
8. FOLK LR (1974). Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks. Hemphil, Tulsa, Oklahama.
9. IVANOFF A (1972). Introduction a l'oceanographic. Tome I, Libraire Vuibert, Paris.
10. KISSELEVA MI (1983). Comparative characteristics of the benthos at some banks in the Aegean Sea. Thalassographica, 6: 107-118.
11. KOCATAŞ A & BILECIK N (1992). Aegean Sea and its living resources. Bodrum Su Ürünleri Araştιrma Enstitüsü Yayιnlarι, Seri A/7.
12. MACKIE ASY, PARMITER C & TONG LKY (1997). Distribution and diversity of polychaeta in the southern Irish Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science, 60: 467-481.
13. MAZZELLA L, SCIPIONE MB & BUIA MC (1989). Spatio-temporal distribution of algal and animal communities in a Posidonia oceanica meadow. Marine Ecology- P.S.Z.N., 10: 107-129.
14. MIHALATOU HM & MOUSTAKA-GOUNI M (2002). Pico-, nano-, microplankton abundance and primary productivity in a eutrophic coastal area of the Aegean Sea, Mediterranean. Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol., 87 (4): 439-456.
15. ÖNEN M (1983). The qualitative and quantitative investigation of the macrobenthic fauna found in the soft substratum of the Urla Harbour. Ege University Faculty of Science Journal, B. VI (1): 29-39.
16. PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU MA, SIMBOURA N, ZENETOS A, THESSALOU-LEGAKI M & NICOLAIDOU A (1999). Benthic invertebrate communities of NW Rodos (Rhodes) Island (SE Aegean Sea) as related to hydrological regime and geographical location. Isr. J. of Zool., 45: 371-393.
17. PEARSON TH & ROSENBERG R (1978). Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. Oceanography and Marine Biology, An Annual Review, 16: 229-311.
18. PERES JM (1967). The Mediterranean benthos. Oceanography and Marine Biology, An Annual Review, 5: 449-533.
19. PIELOU EC (1975). Ecological diversity. A Wiley-Inter Science Publication, London.
20. POCKLINGTON P & WELLS PG (1992). Polychaetes: Key taxa for marine environmental quality monitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 24: 593-598.
21. POPPE GT & GOTO Y (1993). European seashells. Vol. II (Scaphopoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda). Verlag Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden.
22. SÁNCHEZ-JEREZ P, CEBRIÁN CB & ESPLÁ AAR (1999). Comparison of the epifauna spatial distribution in Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa and unvegetated bottoms: Importance of meadow edges. Acta Oecologica, 20: 391-405.
23. SHANNON CE & WEAVER W (1949). The mathematical theory of communication. Univ. Press. Illionis, Urbana.
24. SIEGEL S (1956). Non parametric statistics for the behavioral sciences. McGraw-Hill, New York.
25. SIMBOURA N, ZENETOS A, THESSALOU-LEGAKI M, PANCUCCI MA & NICOLAIDOU AM (1995). Benthic communities of the infralittoral in the N. Sporades (Aegean Sea): A variety of biotopes encountered and analysed. Marine Ecology-P.S.Z.N., 16: 283-306.
26. SIMBOURA N, ZENETOS A, PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU MA, THESSALOU-LEGAKI M & PAPASPYROU S (1998). A baseline study on benthic species distribution in two neighbouring gulfs, with and without access to bottom trawling. Marine Ecology- P.S.Z.N., 19 (4): 293-309.
27. SIMBOURA N & ZENETOS A (2002). Benthic indicators to use in ecological quality classification of Mediterranean soft bottom marine ecosystems, including a new Biotic Index. Medit. Mar. Sci., 3 (2): 77-111.
28. SOYER J (1970). Bionomie benthique du plateau continental de la cote catalana Francaise. III: Les peuplements de Copepodes Harpacticoides (Crustacea). Vie Milieu, 21: 377-511.
29. WINKLER LW (1888). The determination of dissolved oxygen in water. Deut. Chem. Ges. Berlin, 21: 2843-2855.
30. ZARKANELLAS AJ & KATTOULAS ME (1982). The ecology of benthos in the Gulf of Thermaikos, Greece I. Environmental conditions and benthic biotic indices. Marine Ecology- P.S.Z.N., 3 (1):21-39.
31. ZENETOS A, PAPATHANASSIOU E & VAN AARTSEN JJ (1991). Analysis of benthic communities in the Cyclades Plateau (Aegean Sea) using ecological and paleoecological data sets. Marine Ecology- P.S.Z.N., 12 (2): 123-137.