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Polychaete Vertical Zonation along a Littoral Cliff in the Western Méditerranean
Author(s) -
ABBIATI M.,
BIANCHI C.N.,
CASTELLI A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
marine ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1439-0485
pISSN - 0173-9565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1987.tb00173.x
Subject(s) - polychaete , littoral zone , trophic level , ecology , intertidal ecology , abundance (ecology) , cliff , substrate (aquarium) , geography , geology , biology , oceanography , environmental science , habitat , paleontology
. Along the vertical cliff of Romito (Leghorn, Italy) 97 polychaete species were found from 0 to 6 m depth. Three depth related communities could be identified by trends in structural parameters (abundance, number of species, and diversity), by changes in species composition, and by the distribution of ecological and trophic groups. Such a zonation is consistent with the principal models proposed for the Méditerranean and seems mainly related to algal conditioning of the substrate.