Effects of the sewage pollution in the structure and dynamics of the community of Cystoseira mediterranea (Fucales, Phaeophyceae)

We performed a study on the specific composition, structure, and dynamics of two Cystoseira mediterranea communities from the north-western Mediterranean submitted to different degrees of pollution. The structural complexity (species richness, specific distribution, and species and pattern diversity...

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Autores: Rodríguez Prieto, Concepció, Polo Albertí, Lluís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/9296
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/9296
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algues marines -- Mediterrània, Mar
Cistoceiràcies -- Mediterrània, Mar
Algues marines -- Efecte de la contaminació -- Mediterrània, Mar
Marine algae -- Effect of pollution on -- Mediterranean Sea
Marine algae -- Mediterranean Sea
Cystoseiraceae -- Mediterranean Sea
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Sumario:We performed a study on the specific composition, structure, and dynamics of two Cystoseira mediterranea communities from the north-western Mediterranean submitted to different degrees of pollution. The structural complexity (species richness, specific distribution, and species and pattern diversity) and biomass production were lower in the polluted site. In this station, opportunistic algae (mainly Ulva rigida) loomed, and Mesophyllum lichenoides and some encrusting brown algae increased their cover. Other species (Jania rubens, and some Ceramiales) decreased their abundance when compared with the polluted site