Mollusk Thanatocoenoses Unravel the Diversity of Heterogeneous Rhodolith Beds (Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling
2.2. Rhodoliths
2.3. Grain Size and Mollusks
2.4. Environmental Data
2.5. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Rhodoliths
3.2. Mollusks
3.3. Grain Size
3.4. Environmental Data
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Station | Site | Replicate | Depth (m) | Latitude | Longitude | Species | Abundance | Shannon Index |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egadi Islands | Egadi1 | MS16_190 | 103 | 37.9236 | 12.1412 | 38 | 243 | 0.79 |
MS16_191 | 102.8 | 37.9236 | 12.1412 | 35 | 161 | 0.81 | ||
MS16_192 | 103.1 | 37.9236 | 12.1412 | 35 | 142 | 0.77 | ||
Egadi2 | MS16_200 | 86.5 | 37.9500 | 12.1205 | 35 | 162 | 0.85 | |
MS16_201 | 86.5 | 37.9500 | 12.1205 | 39 | 296 | 0.80 | ||
MS16_202 | 86.5 | 37.9501 | 12.1205 | 31 | 208 | 0.84 | ||
Pontine Islands | Pontine1 | MS16_132 | 66.6 | 40.9102 | 12.8693 | 12 | 46 | 0.81 |
MS16_133 | 66.9 | 40.9102 | 12.8693 | 26 | 153 | 0.74 | ||
MS16_134 | 66.9 | 40.9102 | 12.8693 | 28 | 124 | 0.74 | ||
Pontine2 | MS16_135 | 65.9 | 40.9155 | 12.8853 | 15 | 65 | 0.84 | |
MS16_136 | 66.4 | 40.9155 | 12.8854 | 17 | 214 | 0.71 | ||
MS16_137 | 66.1 | 40.9155 | 12.8853 | 14 | 96 | 0.86 | ||
Pontine3 | MS16_139 | 65 | 40.9113 | 12.8828 | 27 | 177 | 0.69 | |
MS16_140 | 64.9 | 40.9113 | 12.8829 | 24 | 175 | 0.66 | ||
MS16_141 | 64.8 | 40.9113 | 12.8828 | 31 | 384 | 0.66 | ||
Sardinia | Serpentara | S1 | 59 | 39.1499 | 9.6127 | 44 | 618 | 0.58 |
S2 | 59 | 39.1499 | 9.6127 | 45 | 774 | 0.60 | ||
S3 | 59 | 39.1499 | 9.6127 | 43 | 712 | 0.58 | ||
Santa Caterina | SC1 | 40 | 39.0865 | 9.4966 | 32 | 57 | 0.95 | |
SC2 | 40 | 39.0863 | 9.4964 | 20 | 35 | 0.86 | ||
SC3 | 40 | 39.0861 | 9.4963 | 52 | 682 | 0.64 | ||
Is Piscadeddus | ISPIS3 | 45 | 36.1120 | 9.4518 | 16 | 70 | 0.77 | |
ISPIS4 | 45 | 36.1120 | 9.4518 | 22 | 80 | 0.76 | ||
ISPIS5 | 45 | 36.1074 | 9.4558 | 18 | 57 | 0.79 |
Thanat. | Species | Sediment | Morphotype | Current |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | DC/VP | Mixed | Boxwork-praline | Medium-low |
B | AP/HP/DC | Sand | Branch-praline | Medium-high |
C | DE/DL/SGCF | Sand | Praline-branch | Medium-high |
D | DE/DL/DC/VP | Gravelly sand | Praline | High |
E | DE/DL/DC/VP/C | Mixed | Praline-branch | Medium |
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Bracchi, V.A.; Meroni, A.N.; Epis, V.; Basso, D. Mollusk Thanatocoenoses Unravel the Diversity of Heterogeneous Rhodolith Beds (Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea). Diversity 2023, 15, 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040526
Bracchi VA, Meroni AN, Epis V, Basso D. Mollusk Thanatocoenoses Unravel the Diversity of Heterogeneous Rhodolith Beds (Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea). Diversity. 2023; 15(4):526. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040526
Chicago/Turabian StyleBracchi, Valentina Alice, Agostino Niyonkuru Meroni, Vivien Epis, and Daniela Basso. 2023. "Mollusk Thanatocoenoses Unravel the Diversity of Heterogeneous Rhodolith Beds (Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea)" Diversity 15, no. 4: 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040526