Spatio Temporal Variations in Decapod Crustacean Assemblages of Bathyal Ground in the Antalya Bay (Eastern Mediterranean)

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DEVAL M. C., YILMAZ S., KAPIRIS K.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, cilt.17, sa.5, ss.967-979, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4194/1303-2712-v17_5_12
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.967-979
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Decapoda, crustacea, abundance, distribution, East Mediterranean Sea, SHRIMP ARISTEUS-ANTENNATUS, GREEK IONIAN SEA, RED SHRIMP, SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATIONS, BATHYMETRIC DISTRIBUTION, ARISTAEOMORPHA-FOLIACEA, POPULATION-STRUCTURE, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, WESTERN, PATTERNS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The spatio-temporal distributions of decapod crustaceans caught by trawlers over the 200 m at 87 hauls on the bathyal ground in the gulf of Antalya (eastern Mediterranean) were investigated. Samples were collected during the monthly surveys from July 2010 to June 2011, and sampling area was divided in eight bathymetric strata (200-900 m: 100 m interval). Hypotheses about relationships of assemblages to depth stratum and consecutive four seasons were tested. Univariate (one- and two-way ANOVA) and multivariate analysis (Bray-Curtis, nMDS, PERMANOVA and PERMIDS tests) showed differences in crustacean assemblages (abundance, biomass and species richness) according to depth stratum. No significant differences related to the consecutive seasons were detected. Analysis of the trawl catches shows two decapod assemblages: one on the upper slope (shallower than 500 m) characterized by Parapenaeus longirostris and Plesionika heterocarpus and another on the middle slope (500-900 m) with Aristaeomorpha foliacea, Aristeus antennatus and Plesionika martia.

The spatio-temporal distributions of decapod crustaceans caught by trawlers over the 200 m at 87 hauls on the bathyal ground in the gulf of Antalya (eastern Mediterranean) were investigated. Samples were collected during the monthly surveys from July 2010 to June 2011, and sampling area was divided in eight bathymetric strata (200-900 m: 100 m interval). Hypotheses about relationships of assemblages to depth stratum and
consecutive four seasons were tested. Univariate (one- and two-way ANOVA) and multivariate analysis (Bray-Curtis, nMDS, PERMANOVA and PERMIDS tests) showed differences in crustacean assemblages (abundance,biomass and species richness) according to depth stratum. No significant differences related to the consecutive
seasons were detected. Analysis of the trawl catches shows two decapod assemblages: one on the upper slope (shallower than 500 m) characterized by Parapenaeus longirostris and Plesionika heterocarpus and another on the middle slope (500-900 m) with Aristaeomorpha foliacea, Aristeus antennatus and Plesionika martia.