On the ecology of the Nereididae (Polychaeta: Annelida) in the Bay of İzmir, Aegean Sea

Çınar, Melih Ertan; Ergen, Zeki

doi:10.1080/09397140.2001.10637856

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“…The Annelida also varied greatly in their frequency and abundance within the sponges, with the exception of Hediste diversicolor which obtained the highest dominance and prevalence within all sponge species. Similarly, H. diversicolor was identified as dominant in sponge communities in the Bay of Izmir, Aegean Sea (Çinar and Ergen, 2001).…”

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Endobiotic communities of Marine Sponges in Cyprus (Levantine Sea)

Papatheodoulou

Jiménez

Petrou³

et al. 2019

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Sponges host cryptic endobionts within their network of canals, with representatives from all major animal phyla. This study investigates the endobiotic community of four sponge species ( Spongia officinalis, Sarcotragus spinosulus , Ircinia cf. variabilis and Ircinia oros ) that were collected during scientific trawl surveys in the coastal area of Cyprus. Moreover, it examines the endobiotic community composition of S. spinosulus in relation to sponges' volume, and various environmental variables. In general, the four sponge endobiotic communities were similar; S. officinalis had a significantly different community composition to I . cf. variabilis and I . oros . The phyla identified followed the general infauna composition of sponges, with the relative abundances of the dominant phyla, Arthropoda and Annelida, ranging from 66.9 - 83.7 % and 4.8–26.5 %, respectively. The highest intensity ( I ) corresponded to the isopod Cymodoce truncata in S. officinalis ( I = 85 individuals/sponge) and S. spinosulus ( I = 27.2 individuals/sponge). A general linear model also suggested that distance from shore influenced the total endobiotic abundance of S. spinosulus . This is the first sponge endobiotic community baseline study that covers the whole coastal area of the Republic of Cyprus and is particularly important due to potential changes of Eastern Mediterranean endobiotic communities due to the invasion through the Suez Canal of non-indigenous species.

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Endobiotic communities of Marine Sponges in Cyprus (Levantine Sea)

Papatheodoulou

Jiménez

Petrou³

et al. 2019

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“…Because of high levels of adaptation to environmental changes, polychaete assemblages can be used as an efficient tool as a biological indicator for ecosystem health (Dorgham et al, 2014). Nereididae is one of the most diverse and abundant polychaete families found in marine and brackish water ecosystems (Çinar and Ergen, 2001). Its representatives constitute important elements of trophic chains within a given ecosystem as consumers of some plants and smaller invertebrates, or as prey for Crustaceans and juvenile fish (Kies et al,2020).…”

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“…In the Mediterranean waters, the taxonomy, ecology, and population dynamics of this family have been discussed by several authors (e.g. Gillet, 1990;Arias and Drake, 1995;Çinar and Ergen, 2001;Giangrande et al, 2003;Virgilio et al, 2009). As for the Egyptian waters, little has been published mainly on the ecological distribution Hediste diversicolor (O.F.…”

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