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Título: | Factors influencing epibenthic assemblages in the Minho Estuary (NW Iberian Peninsula) |
Autor(es): | Dias, Sérgia Costa Freitas, Vânia Sousa, Ronaldo Gomes Antunes, Carlos |
Palavras-chave: | Animals Crustacea Fishes Multivariate Analysis Oceans and Seas Population Dynamics Portugal Rivers Salinity Seasons Silicon Dioxide Time Factors Water Biodiversity Minho Estuary Gradient Epibenthos Abundance Diversity |
Data: | 2010 |
Editora: | Elsevier |
Revista: | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
Resumo(s): | The epibenthic community of the Minho Estuary was studied during the summer of 2006. Diversity was generally low and a total of 14 fish and five crustacean taxa were identified. Multivariate analysis revealed two site clusters (A and B). Water conductivity and percentage of fine sand were the abiotic variables that most contributed to the spatial distinction between clusters. The species contributing the most to the average similarity within Cluster A were Crangon crangon and Pomatoschistus microps, while in Cluster B was Atyaephyra desmarestii. Possible factors responsible for the low diversity of the epibenthic community in Minho Estuary were the low macrozoobenthic abundance and diversity, and the high abiotic oscillations between tides (mainly salinity) acting on the ecosystem. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/49202 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.020 |
ISSN: | 0025-326X |
e-ISSN: | 1879-3363 |
Versão da editora: | www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-pollution-bulletin |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso restrito UMinho |
Aparece nas coleções: | DBio - Artigos/Papers |
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