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Fauna vs flora contribution to the leaf epiphytes biomass in a Posidonia oceanica seagrass bed (Revellata Bay, Corsica).
Lepoint, Gilles; Havelange, Stéphane; Gobert, Sylvie et al.
1999In Hydrobiologia, 394, p. 63-67
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Keywords :
Posidonia oceanica; seagrass; epiphytes; Mediterranean sea
Abstract :
[en] The epiphyte biomass of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile leaves is mainly related to the substrate leaf availability. It decreases with increasing depth and increases from winter to summer, following the leaf biomass changes. In Revellata Bay (Gulf of Calvi, Corsica), at shallow depth (10m in this study) where photophilous algae grow, the fixed epifauna biomass accounts for about one third of leaf epiphytes biomass. At deeper depths in the Revellata Bay (20 and 30m), where shade-tolerant algae are dominant among epiflora, epifauna may account for more than half the leaf epiphytes biomass.
Research center :
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Lepoint, Gilles  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Havelange, Stéphane
Gobert, Sylvie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Bouquegneau, Jean-Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Language :
English
Title :
Fauna vs flora contribution to the leaf epiphytes biomass in a Posidonia oceanica seagrass bed (Revellata Bay, Corsica).
Publication date :
1999
Journal title :
Hydrobiologia
ISSN :
0018-8158
eISSN :
1573-5117
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
Volume :
394
Pages :
63-67
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Understanding Changes in the Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica ecosystem: an analysis of spatio-temporal variability
Funders :
UE - Union Européenne [BE]
Commentary :
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
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