Naslov
Uz 115 godišnjicu morske istraživačke postaje u Rovinju: suvremena istraživanja bentosa
(The 115th anniversary of marine research station at Rovinj: recent benthic research)

Autori
Travizi, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceeding of abstracts / Besendorfer, V., Klobučar, G.I.V. - Zagreb : Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2006, 335-337

Skup
9th Croatian Biological Congress

Mjesto i datum
Rovinj, Hrvatska, 23.09.2006. - 29.09.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
benthic communities; systematics; ecology; biodiversity; Rovinj

Sažetak
Over 90% of the animal species found in the oceans and nearly all marine macrophytes live in close association with the sea-floor and form the benthos. Tremendous variety of benthic organisms represents the main repository of marine biodiversity. Benthic investigations in the Center for Marine Research Rovinj (CMRR, including several predecessors) have the long history that extends back to 1930’ s, i.e. the first surveys of benthic communities at the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. The Laboratory for Ecology and Systematics (LES) have proceeded traditional benthic research and enhance it by implementation of novel topics, methods and approach. The mission of LES is to understand the structure, function and biodiversity patterns of benthic communities relative to both, changes and processes immanent to marine environment (gradient and/or seasonal dynamics of environmental factors) and changes induced by anthropogenic impact. Ongoing investigations mainly focus on spatial and/or temporal variability of benthic communities, including its relation to environmental gradients, as well as to changes occurring in the marine ecosystem. Basic investigations cover floristic (macrophytobenthos) and faunistic (meiofauna, macrofauna) component of benthic communities, and they are conducted through biological and ecological studies of the selected habitats (sensitive, endangered and protected), higher taxa (Algae, Nematoda, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Polychaeta, Echinodermata) and selected species. Applied research is focused on monitoring of environmental impacts on benthic communities including both natural and anthropogenic stressors, e.g. eutrophycation, excessive phytoplankton blooms, appearance of mucilaginous aggregates, oxygen deficiency, appearance and spreading of invasive species, mariculture farming etc. Additional activities of LES involve gathering, systematisation, storing, processing and analysing historical data relevant for documenting and assessment of global changes in the northern Adriatic ecosystem, as well as for census of marine life and biodiversity studies. One of important scopes is maintenance, completion and revision of the CMRR marine invertebrate’ s collection that contains about 3000 specimens, mostly representatives of Nematoda, Mollusca, Polychaeta, Crustacea, Bryozoa, and Pisces.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

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