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Benthic communities in three Mediterranean touristic ports: MAPMED project
Chatzinikolaou, E.; Damianidis, P.; Pavloudi, C.; Vasileiadou, A.; Faulwetter, S.; Keklikoglou, K.; Plaitis, W.; Mavraki, D.; Nikolopoulou, S.; Arvanitidis, C. (2021). Benthic communities in three Mediterranean touristic ports: MAPMED project. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e66420. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e66420
In: Biodiversity Data Journal. Pensoft Publishers: Sofia. ISSN 1314-2836; e-ISSN 1314-2828, more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    macrobenthos, ports, harbours, Mediterranean, Greece, Italy, Tunisia

Authors  Top 
  • Chatzinikolaou, E.
  • Damianidis, P.
  • Pavloudi, C., more
  • Vasileiadou, A.
  • Faulwetter, S., more
  • Keklikoglou, K.
  • Plaitis, W.
  • Mavraki, D.
  • Nikolopoulou, S.
  • Arvanitidis, C.

Abstract
    Macrobenthic assemblages were recorded in three Mediterranean touristic ports under the framework of the ENPI CBC MED project MAPMED (MAnagement of Port Areas in the MEDiterranean Sea Basin). Samples were collected from Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), Heraklion (Crete, Greece) and El Kantaoui (Tunisia) ports during February, May and September 2012. The sampling stations were selected according to the different sectors within each port (i.e. leisure, fishing, passenger/cargo vessels and shipyard). A total of 277 taxa belonging to 12 phyla were found, of which the 96 taxa were present in all three ports. El Kantaoui port hosted the highest number of macrobenthic taxa. Mollusca were the most abundant group (34%) in all ports. The highest percentage of opportunistic taxa per station was found before the touristic period in the shipyard of Heraklion port (89.3%).

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