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Effects of sewage pollution in the structure and dynamics of the community of Cystoseira mediterranea (Fucales, Phaeophyceae).
C. Rodriguez-Prieto and L. Polo

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.

Keywords: Marine phytobenthos, pollution, community structure. primary production, Cystoseira mediterranea, North-Western Mediterranean.
Contents of this volume Sci. Mar. 60(2-3) : 253-263 Back PDF
 
 
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