Benthic communities in three Mediterranean touristic ports: MAPMED project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mediterranean ports are sources of significant economic activity and at the same time they act as recipients of considerable anthropogenic disturbance and pollution. Polluted and low-in-oxygen sediments can negatively impact benthic biodiversity and favour recruitment of opportunistic or invasive species. Macrobenthic communities are an important component of the port biota and can be used as environmental quality indicators. However, a baseline database for benthic biodiversity in Mediterranean ports has not yet been widely established.

New information

Macrobenthic assemblages were recorded in three Mediterranean touristic ports under the framework of the ENPI CBC MED project MAPMED (MAnagement of Port Areas in the MEDiterranean Sea Basin). Samples were collected

SUBMITTER: Chatzinikolaou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848607 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature