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Spatiotemporal variation in environmental key parameters within fleshy red algae mats in the Mediterranean Sea
Bianchi, A.G.; Wild, C.; Montefalcone, M.; Benincasa, E.; El-Khaled, Y.C. (2023). Spatiotemporal variation in environmental key parameters within fleshy red algae mats in the Mediterranean Sea. Oceans 4(1): 80-91. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/oceans4010007
In: Oceans. MDPI: Basel. e-ISSN 2673-1924
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Phyllophora crispa (Hudson) P.S.Dixon, 1964 [WoRMS]; Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 [WoRMS]
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Phyllophora crispa; Posidonia oceanica; daily cycles; environmental parameters |
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- Bianchi, A.G.
- Wild, C.
- Montefalcone, M.
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- Benincasa, E.
- El-Khaled, Y.C.
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| Abstract |
In the Mediterranean, the fleshy, mat-forming red alga Phyllophora crispa creates high-biodiversity habitats that influence light availability, water movement, and temperature. However, knowledge about its influence on other key environmental parameters, such as oxygen availability, chlorophyll, and turbidity, is missing. Therefore, we conducted an in situ study in the Western Mediterranean Sea using multiparameter probes that were placed multiple times on algal P. crispa mats, in adjacent Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows, and on bare hard bottoms. We acquired a total of 17 full diel measurements for dissolved oxygen (DO), chlorophyll, and turbidity in September and October 2019. Results showed that P. crispa mats influence the investigated parameters differently when compared to P. oceanica meadows and that a monthly effect was observed. In September, general DO patterns measured for P. crispa mats and P. oceanica meadows follow the daily cycle depending on light availability, with the measured DO being lower in the P. oceanica meadows compared to the P. crispa mats and the hard-bottom habitats. In October, however, no significant difference in DO concentrations was observed between P. crispa mats and P. oceanica meadows. Results of this study corroborate that P. crispa mats can be viewed as an ecosystem engineering species, influencing environmental parameters and, hence, providing a habitat for outstanding associated biodiversity. |
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