The brachyura (Decapoda) community of Zostera marina meadows in the coastal area of the southern Black Sea (Sinop Peninsula, Turkey)
CRUSTACEANA, cilt.80, sa.6, ss.717-730, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 80 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2007
- Doi Numarası: 10.1163/156854007781360621
- Dergi Adı: CRUSTACEANA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.717-730
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The brachyuran (Decapoda) taxocoenosis of a shallow meadow of Zostera marina was studied in a coastal area of the Sinop Peninsula (southern Black Sea, Turkey). Specimens were collected monthly between February 2002 and January 2003 with a beam trawl at depths of 5-20 m during benthic surveys carried out off the Sinop coast. A total of 3206 individuals belonging to 9 species was collected. The structure of the taxocoenosis along the year is dominated by portunid crabs; among these, Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816) is the most dominant species (36.87%). The largest Brachyura community in the Zostera marina beds was recorded in the summer months (June and July).