2004
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1145
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Phenology of <i>Caulerpa taxifolia</i> and temporal dynamics of its epibiontic meiofauna in the port of Malinska (Croatia, northern Adriatic Sea)

Abstract: SUMMARY:The qualitative and quantitative composition of epibiontic meiofauna were studied in the C. taxifolia settlement recently recorded in the Malinska port (Krk Island, northern Adriatic Sea). The samples were taken monthly, from May 1998 till June 1999 covering the complete life cycle of C. taxifolia. In total, 14 meiofaunal taxa were recorded. The meiofauna assemblage was characterized by the dominance of Copepoda (58%), the subdominant position of Nematoda (25%), and the low single participation of othe… Show more

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“…Kendrick et al, 1988;Kendrick and Burt, 1997). Our results are in agreement with previous research in the Mediterranean that reports the existence of significant differences in the animal composition between C. taxifolia and control locations (Relini et al, 1998;Travizi and Zavodnik, 2004), and with seasonal variability in the abundance of epiphytic algae (Verlaque and Fritayre, 1994).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 82%
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“…Kendrick et al, 1988;Kendrick and Burt, 1997). Our results are in agreement with previous research in the Mediterranean that reports the existence of significant differences in the animal composition between C. taxifolia and control locations (Relini et al, 1998;Travizi and Zavodnik, 2004), and with seasonal variability in the abundance of epiphytic algae (Verlaque and Fritayre, 1994).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 82%
“…Roberts and Ormond, 1987;Hull 1997;Gratwicke and Speight, 2005;Hereu et al, 2005), including invasive habitat forming species (reviewed by Crooks, 2002). In the Mediterranean, invasive strains of C. taxifolia have been shown to host greater numbers of epiphytic fauna than the native seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Relini et al, 1998) and to provide shelter to larger proportions of juvenile fish (Francour et al, 1995;Harmelin-Vivien et al, 1996) and meiofauna assemblages than control sites (Travizi and Zavodnik, 2004). In Quibray Bay, epifauna composition during the study period accounted for more of the dissimilarities between C. taxifolia and Z. capricorni than epiphytic algae (36.1% vs. 23.1% respectively), but the total numbers of taxa were not affected.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%