Naslov
Increasing dominance of the calycophoran siphonophore Muggiaea atlantica in different areas of North-Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea. A possible relationship with hydroclimatic changes
(Increasing dominance of the calycophoran siphonophore Muggiaea atlantica in different areas of North-Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea. A possible relationship with hydroclimatic changes.)

Autori
Licandro, Priscilla ; Albertelli, G. ; Batistić, Mirna ; Carré, C. ; Daly Yahia, M.N. ; Daly Yahia-Kéfi, O. ; Ibanez, F. ; Petrillo, M. ; Souissi S.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Rapport du 37e Congres de la Ciesm / Briand, Frederic - Monte Carlo : CIESM, 2004, 532-532

Skup
37th Ciesm Congress Proceedings

Mjesto i datum
Barcelona, Španjolska, 07.06.2004. - 11.06.2004

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Muggiaea atlantica; M. kochi; Mediterranean; time series; water temperature

Sažetak
The analysis of a zooplankton long-term series (1974-99) in the Ligurian outlined the progressive dominance of the siphonophore Muggiaea atlantica on the congeneric species M. kochi. M. atlantica, is one of the main gelatinous carnivorous along the Ligurian coast, established with a high abundance in southern Adriatic in 1996, after a first recorded in February 1995. Nevertheless, there is no clear evidence of a progressive expansion of this species within the Mediterranean basin considering that regular monitoring during 1993-’ 95 in the Bay of Tunis indicated M. atlantica as a rare species. The relationship between increasing abundance of M. atlantica and hydrological changes driven by climatic forcing in the Ligurian and Southern Adriatic Sea could be hypothesised but further investigations including a more extended monitoring zones are still needed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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