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Identifier

000376373

Title

Χρονικές μεταβολές των μειοβενθικών κοινοτήτων κατά την τριετία 2006-2009 στη βαθιά λεκάνη της Ιεράπετρας (Ανατολική Μεσόγειος)

Alternative Title

Temporal changes in the composition and abundance of deep- sea metazoan meifauna in the Ierapetra basin (eastern mediterranean) Betwwen the year 2006-2009

Author

Μουρίκη, Δήμητρα

Thesis advisor

Λαμπαδαρίου, Νικόλαος

Reviewer

Καρακάσης, Ιωάννης
Τσελεπίδης, Αναστάσιος

Abstract

The deep-sea has long been considered as a stable environment, buffered from short-term changes in the atmosphere or the upper photic zone. However, recent long term monitoring studies have shown that the deep-sea is a dynamic environment linked to upper water column processes which significantly influence its benthic communities. In the eastern Mediterranean long term monitoring has been going on for the last twenty years in the Ierapetra Basin (southern Cretan margin) at 2500-4500 m. Here we present trends in meiofauna community structure based on three different sampling campaigns in 2006 and in 2009. The meiofauna was composed by 11 taxa, with nematodes and harpacticoid copepods comprising more than 95% of the fauna. Total meiofauna densities ranged from 18 to 158 ind/10 cm²

Language

Greek

Subject

Nematodes

Μειοβένθος

Μειοπανίδα

Νηματώδεις

Χρονικές αλλαγές

Issue date

2012-11-16

Collection

School/Department--School of Sciences and Engineering--Department of Biology--Post-graduate theses