Epiphytic bryozoans on Neptune grass – a sample-based data set

[en] Background The seagrass Posidonia oceanica L. Delile, commonly known as Neptune grass, is an endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea. It hosts a distinctive and diverse epiphytic community, dominated by various macroalgal and animal organisms. Mediterranean bryozoans have been extensively studied but quantitative data assessing temporal and spatial variability have rarely been documented. In Lepoint et al. (2014a, b) occurrence and abundance data of epiphytic bryozoan communities on leaves of P. oceanica inhabiting the Revellata Bay (Corsica, Mediterranean Sea) were reported and trophic ecology of Electra posidoniae Gautier assessed. New information Here, we provide metadata information on data set discussed in Lepoint et al. 2014a and published on the GBIF portal as a sampling-event data set: http://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=ulg_bryozoa&v=1.0). The data set, compared to Lepoint et al. 2014a, is enriched by data concerning species settled on Posidonia scales (dead petiole of Posidonia leaves, remaining after limb abscission).

Research center :

UR FOCUS
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège

Disciplines :

Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Zoology

Author, co-author :

Lepoint, Gilles ; Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanographie biologique

Heughebaert, André; Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) > Belgian Biodiversity Platform

Michel, Loïc ; Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanographie biologique

Language :

English

Title :

Epiphytic bryozoans on Neptune grass – a sample-based data set

Publication date :

21 July 2016

Journal title :

ZooKeys

ISSN :

1313-2989

eISSN :

1313-2970

Publisher :

Pensoft, Sofia, Bulgaria

Volume :

606

Pages :

1-10

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]

Commentary :

Data paper

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