Macrobenthic fauna associated with the invasive alien species Brachidontes pharaonis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Levantine Sea (Turkey)
Yazarlar (12)
Melih Ertan Çinar Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Kerem Bakir
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Bilal Öztürk Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tuncer Kataǧan
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Alper Doǧan
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sermin Açik Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Güley KURT Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tahir Özcan Iskenderun Technical University, Türkiye
Ertan Daǧli
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Banu Bitlis-Bakir
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ferah Koçak Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fevzi Kirkim
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Q3)
Dergi ISSN 0025-3154 Dergi Bilgileri (2017)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 05-2017
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 27-02-2017
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 97 / 3 / 613–628 DOI 10.1017/S0025315417000133
Makale Linki https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0025315417000133/type/journal_article
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Deniz & Tatlı Su Biyolojisi
Özet
The invasive alien mytilid species, Brachidontes pharaonis, forms a biogenic habitat in the mediolittoral and upper-infralittoral zones of the Levantine Sea, hosting a number of alien and native species. Examinations of samples taken from dense, continuous mussel beds at seven stations along the coast of northern Levantine Sea yielded 187 macro-benthic invertebrate species belonging to 11 taxonomic groups. Polychaeta accounted for 46% and 37% of the total number of species and individuals, respectively. The top three dominant species in the mussel beds were Stenothoe gallensis, Spirobranchus kraussi and Mytilaster minimus. The species with the highest frequency values on the mussel beds were Pseudonereis anomala, Phascolosoma stephensoni and Elasmopus pocillimanus. The highest density and biomass of the associated fauna were estimated as 42,550 ind m−2 and 1503 wwt g m−2, respectively …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Community structures | eastern Mediterranean | invasive species | spatial distribution | species assemblages | zoobenthos