Impact of environmental variables on Sipuncula species along the Aegean and Levantine coasts of Turkey

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MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, cilt.151, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 151
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110783
  • Dergi Adı: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sipuncula, Environmental variables, Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea, Turkey, SOFT-BOTTOM SIPUNCULANS, IZMIR BAY, SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS, SEA, COMMUNITIES, PATTERNS, ECOLOGY, MACROFAUNA, ZOOBENTHOS, ESTUARINE
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The faunistic analysis of soft bottom benthic materials collected from the Aegean and Levantine coasts of Turkey in August 2016 and 2017 revealed a total of 7 sipuncula species and 975 individuals belonging to 6 genera. The maximum population density of sipunculans was found to be 1790 ind.m(-2) in the Aegean Sea and 730 ind.m(-2) in the Levantine Sea. Onchnesoma steenstrupii steenstrupii was the most dominant species, comprising 83.1-92.8% of the total number of specimens in the Aegean Sea and 87.2-96.2% of the total number of specimens in the Levantine Sea. Four major sipunculan assemblages were found in the regions, and the main environmental factors controlling these assemblages were depth, temperature, salinity, the sediment grain size, nutrients and total organic carbon. Different abiotic factors affected the distribution of different sipunculan species in the regions. The present study included two cryptogenic sipunculan species; Apionsoma (Apionsoma) misakianum and Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) mexicanus.