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Título: Effect of depth and seasonality on the functioning of rhodolith seabeds
Autores/as: Otero-Ferrer, F. 
Cosme, M.
Tuya, F. 
Espino, F. 
Haroun, R. 
Clasificación UNESCO: 241713 Ecología vegetal
240106 Ecología animal
241705 Biología marina
Palabras clave: Canary Islands
Environmental Drivers
Epibionts
Non-Geniculate Corallines
Seasonality, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2020
Publicación seriada: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 
Resumen: Similar to altitudinal gradients in terrestrial habitats, subtidal habitats experience abrupt environmental gradients across depth. The objective of this study was to understand how variation with depth of environmental factors (water temperature, light availability, water motion and sedimentation) affected the structure (size and morphology) of rhodoliths and the abundances of attached floral and faunal epibionts in a rhodolith bed at Gran Canaria Island (central-eastern Atlantic). Specifically, sampling took place seasonally at three depth strata: 18, 25 and 40 m throughout two successive years. Depth affected the size and morphology of rhodoliths, with bigger and mainly spherical nodules at 25, relative to those at 18 and 40 m depth. Larger biomasses of attached (epiphytic) macroalgae were observed at 18 and 25 m than at 40 m. The presence of hydrozoans living over rhodoliths also changed with depth, including higher abundances at 25 m than at 40 and 18 m, respectively. Wave-induced turbulence in the upper depth layer, and light intensity and sedimentation, in the lower depth layer, are the main environmental drivers regulating the presence, structure and functioning of rhodolith habitats.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/70171
ISSN: 0272-7714
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106579
Fuente: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science [ISSN 0272-7714], v. 235, 106579
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