Naslov
The benthos of the Northern part of the Velebit Channel (Adriatic Sea, Croatia)

Autori
Novosel, Maja ; Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana ; Požar-Domac, Antonieta ; Kružić, Petar ; Radić, Ivan

Izvornik
Natura Croatica (1330-0520) 11 (2002), 4; 387-409

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
benthic biocoenoses; floristic and faunistic similarity; vruljas; Velebit Channel; Adriatic Sea

Sažetak
Infralittoral and circalittoral hard bottom communities in the northern part of the Velebit Channel were investigated. The benthos was collected along six transects: three on Prvić Island (Šilo, Samonjin, Stražica) and three facing them along the Velebit mountain coast (Grmac, Žrnovnica, Kola). Three benthic biocoenoses were noted: the biocoenosis of photophylic algae, precoralligenous facies and a climax of coralligenous biocoenosis, and the biocoenosis of semi-dark caves. A total of 431 taxa were recorded: 60 taxa of algae and 371 taxa of fauna. Along the three coastal sults were compared using two statistical methods the application of the Sorensen index of similarity and cluster analysis. The most topographically and geomorphologically similar transects were Šilo and Samonjin, while Stražica and Žrnovnica were the most distant.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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