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Infra‐ and Circalittoral Soft Substratum Macrofaunal Assemblages of Kavala Gulf (Aegean Sea)
Author(s) -
Papazacharias A.,
Koukouras A.,
Kevrekidis T.,
Voultsiadou E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19980830514
Subject(s) - silt , assemblage (archaeology) , geology , abiotic component , oceanography , mediterranean sea , faunal assemblage , mediterranean climate , ecology , paleontology , biology , fauna
Five macrobenthic assemblages of the infralittoral and circalittoral zones located in the Gulf of Kavala, North Aegean, are described: (i) the assemblage of gravely sand with Parvicardium roseum and Clausinella brogniartii , (ii) the assemblage of sandy silt with Loripes lacteus and Nephthys hombergii . (iii) the clayey silt assemblage with Terebellides stroemi and Sternaspis scutata , (iv) the sandy silt assemblage with Amphiura chiajei and (v) the assemblage of silt with Labioleanira yhleni , the latter being described for the first time. Their composition is statistically tested, discussed in relation to abiotic factors, and compared with that of the corresponding assemblages from the Aegean and other Mediterranean and Atlantic areas.