| Abstract | Benthic foraminifera and ostracods, and resting stages (cysts) of plankton were analysed from surface sediment samples collected at 20 stations in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, Mediterranean), with the aim to advance our knowledge on the biodiversity and ecological features of confined marine areas and to upgrade the autoecology of the species, and to have a more detailed and complete information to be applied as the baseline in future studies on environmental quality. In order to better assess the spatial distribution of the holobenthic and merobenthic species, we conceived a simple method of spatial analysis, based on all the identified taxa of foraminifera, ostracods and plankton cysts. Five groups were established on the basis of the number of sites per sub-basin where each taxon was registered, and this allowed us to recognise the preferential patterns of distribution for 150 species. The good correspondence between the results of the spatial analysis and those obtained from the analysis of the communities and the uni- and multivariate statistics showed a clear difference between the two sub-basins of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto. |
| Text | 357445 2017 10.1007/s12526 016 0523 0 ISI Web of Science WOS 000408993600028 Scopus 2 s2.0 84977097908 Confined marine areas Foraminifera Holobenthos Mediterranean Sea Merobenthos Ostracods Plankton resting stages A multidisciplinary approach to study confined marine basins the holobenthic and merobenthic assemblages in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Ferraro L.; Rubino F.; Belmonte M.; da Prato S.; Greco M.; Frontalini F. CNR Istituto per l Ambiente Marino Costiero Calata Porta di Massa, Naples, 80133, Italy CNR Istituto per l Ambiente Marino Costiero, UOS of Taranto, via Roma 3, Taranto, 74123, Italy CNR Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via Moruzzi 1, Pisa, 56124, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate DiSPeA CNR Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque, Taranto, via Roma 3, Taranto, 74123, Italy Universita degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo , Urbino, 61029, Italy Benthic foraminifera and ostracods, and resting stages cysts of plankton were analysed from surface sediment samples collected at 20 stations in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto Ionian Sea, Mediterranean , with the aim to advance our knowledge on the biodiversity and ecological features of confined marine areas and to upgrade the autoecology of the species, and to have a more detailed and complete information to be applied as the baseline in future studies on environmental quality. In order to better assess the spatial distribution of the holobenthic and merobenthic species, we conceived a simple method of spatial analysis, based on all the identified taxa of foraminifera, ostracods and plankton cysts. Five groups were established on the basis of the number of sites per sub basin where each taxon was registered, and this allowed us to recognise the preferential patterns of distribution for 150 species. The good correspondence between the results of the spatial analysis and those obtained from the analysis of the communities and the uni and multivariate statistics showed a clear difference between the two sub basins of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto. 47 Published version https //link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526 016 0523 0 Ferraro et al., 2017 Ferraro et al., 2017.pdf Articolo in rivista Springer 1867 1616 Marine biodiversity Print Marine biodiversity Print Mar. biodivers. Print Marine biodiversity. Print BELMONTE MANUELA luciana.ferraro FERRARO LUCIANA fernando.rubino RUBINO FERNANDO simone.daprato DA PRATO SIMONE |
