Open AccessDecapod crustaceans on the Gökçeada (Imbros) island continental shelf (north-eastern Aegean Sea)
Author(s) -
A. Suat Ateş,
Tuncer Katağan,
Ahmet Kocataş,
Murat Sezgi̇n
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mediterranean marine science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1791-6763
pISSN - 1108-393X
DOI - 10.12681/mms.169
Subject(s) - crustacean , dominance (genetics) , continental shelf , shrimp , oceanography , abundance (ecology) , fishery , decapoda , biology , geology , biochemistry , gene
The present composition of decapod crustaceans found at the sublittoral depths (5-104 m) off the coast of the island of Gökçeada (north-eastern Aegean Sea) is presented. A total of 28 species (11 caridean shrimps, 1 thalassinid ghost crab, 7 anomurans and 9 brachyuran crabs) and 277 specimens were recorded. The caridean shrimp, Athanas nitescens had the highest abundance with a dominance value of 20.94% in samples. The dominant group is caridean, represented by a total of 11 species and an occurrence frequency of 39.29%.