A mediterranean polychaete community was studied for 10 years since the first settlement to examine community dynamics and to compare it with the model proposed by Hughes (1984) for benthic invertebrates. Cluster analysis (Q-mode) pointed out the presence of four main periods during the colonization process in agreement with edaphic changes produced by the colonization and disappearance of mussels. During this time the pattern of species abundance changed from a log series distribution (with few dominant species) towards a truncated log normal distribution (with many rare species) characteristic of a more complex community structure.
Long-term changes in the structure of a polychaete community on artificial habitats / A., Somaschini; Ardizzone, Domenico; M. F., Gravina. - In: BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. - ISSN 0007-4977. - STAMPA. - 60:2(1997), pp. 460-466. (Intervento presentato al convegno 5th International Polychaete Conference tenutosi a QINGDAO, PEOPLES R CHINA nel JUL 01-07, 1995).
Long-term changes in the structure of a polychaete community on artificial habitats
ARDIZZONE, Domenico;
1997
Abstract
A mediterranean polychaete community was studied for 10 years since the first settlement to examine community dynamics and to compare it with the model proposed by Hughes (1984) for benthic invertebrates. Cluster analysis (Q-mode) pointed out the presence of four main periods during the colonization process in agreement with edaphic changes produced by the colonization and disappearance of mussels. During this time the pattern of species abundance changed from a log series distribution (with few dominant species) towards a truncated log normal distribution (with many rare species) characteristic of a more complex community structure.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
