dc.creator | Navarro Barranco, Carlos | es |
dc.creator | Guerra García, José Manuel | es |
dc.creator | Sánchez Tocino, Luis | es |
dc.creator | Ros, Macarena | es |
dc.creator | Florido Capilla, Marta | es |
dc.creator | García Gómez, José Carlos | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-04T11:13:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-04T11:13:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Navarro Barranco, C., Guerra García, J.M., Sánchez Tocino, L., Ros, M., Florido Capilla, M. y García Gómez, J.C. (2015). Colonization and successional patterns of the mobile epifaunal community along an environmental gradient in a marine cave. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 521, 105-115. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0171-8630 (impreso) | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 1616-1599 (electrónico) | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/116603 | |
dc.description.abstract | In spite of the high importance of mobile epifauna in all marine habitats, their pat terns of colonization and succession in marine caves have not been studied until now. In the pres ent study, we used artificial substrates deployed at 4 positions along an environmental gradient of
a ~100 m long cave system, and retrieved at different times (1.5, 3 and 6 mo), to explore the
changes in abundance, species richness, and community structure of the epifauna. All inner cave
stations showed significantly lower species richness and abundance. Despite different dispersal
modes, the dominant species detected were able to quickly (<1.5 mo) colonize the inner parts of
the cave, yet their abundances were significantly higher outside the cave throughout the whole
study. This suggests that environmental factors such as trophic supply or light intensity, rather
than isolation, are probably the main factors responsible for the observed differences among cave
positions. We also detected a gradient in the rate of community development, with communities
outside the cave developing much earlier than those situated in the innermost parts. Finally, high
temporal stability of communities was observed within the cave, which is likely related to more
stable environmental conditions — a hypothesis supported by our detection of a dampening of the
thermal oscillations within the cave. The low rates of community development and turnover
observed inside marine caves supports the consideration of these habitats being very sensitive to
natural and human-induced environmental disturbances, and hence a top priority for conservation | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 11 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Inter Research | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Marine Ecology Progress Series, 521, 105-115. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Marine caves | es |
dc.subject | Benthic ecology | es |
dc.subject | Epifauna | es |
dc.subject | Amphipoda | es |
dc.subject | Mediterranean Sea | es |
dc.title | Colonization and successional patterns of the mobile epifaunal community along an environmental gradient in a marine cave | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11126 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3354/meps11126 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Marine Ecology Progress Series | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 521 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 105 | es |
dc.publication.endPage | 115 | es |