Epiphytic bryozoans on Neptune grass - a sample-based data set.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The seagrass Posidonia oceanica L. Delile, commonly known as Neptune grass, is an endemic species of the Mediterranean Sea. It hosts a distinctive and diverse epiphytic community, dominated by various macroalgal and animal organisms. Mediterranean bryozoans have been extensively studied but quantitative data assessing temporal and spatial variability have rarely been documented. In Lepoint et al. (2014a, b) occurrence and abundance data of epiphytic bryozoan communities on leaves of Posidonia oceanica inhabiting Revellata Bay (Corsica, Mediterranean Sea) were reported and trophic ecology of Electra posidoniae Gautier assessed.

New information

Here, metadata information is provided on the data set discussed in Lepoint et al. (2014a) and published on the GBIF portal

SUBMITTER: Lepoint G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4978007 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature