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Costa, G.; Betti, F.; Nepote, E.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Pansini, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M. (2018). Sponge community variations within two semi-submerged caves of the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) over a half-century time span. The European Zoological Journal. 85 (1): 382-392.
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10.1080/24750263.2018.1525439 [view]
Costa, G.; Betti, F.; Nepote, E.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Pansini, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Bertolino, M.
2018
Sponge community variations within two semi-submerged caves of the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) over a half-century time span
The European Zoological Journal
85 (1): 382-392
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In the last few decades, macrobenthic community structures and their species abundances have shown significant changes in the Mediterranean Sea, whose causes were attributed to anthropogenic activities and to global warming effects. The Mediterranean sponges have shown a peculiar sensitivity to these changes: the populations of some species showed significant decreases, while others, more thermophilous, increased. Therefore, sponges may be a good proxy for evaluating the effects of environmental changes. Thanks to the observations conducted by SarĂ  about 55 years ago, a comparative analysis of the sponge populations present within two semi-submerged caves in the Ligurian Sea was possible. The two sponge assemblages re-studied in 2016 showed an increase in terms of specific richness and a significant change in their structural aspects, since the three-dimensional growth forms were mostly replaced by two-dimensional ones, a process observed also in other littoral communities. Consequently, the sponge communities inside the semi submerged caves may be considered poorly resilient: the massive sponges were hit by the positive thermal anomalies occurring in the Ligurian Sea in the last decade and were replaced by encrusting forms, within a possible phase of cave recolonisation.
Mediterranean Sea in general
Biodiversity, Taxonomic and ecological diversity
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Antho (Antho) involvens (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Cacospongia mollior Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 (additional source)
Clathria (Clathria) depressa SarĂ  & Melone, 1966 (additional source)
Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) (additional source)
Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Dendroxea lenis (Topsent, 1892) (additional source)
Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) (additional source)
Dysidea incrustans (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Latrunculia (Biannulata) citharistae Vacelet, 1969 (additional source)
Penares helleri (Schmidt, 1864) (additional source)
Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) (additional source)
Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)
Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925) (additional source)
Protosuberites epiphytum (Lamarck, 1815) (additional source)
Rhabderemia topsenti van Soest & Hooper, 1993 (additional source)
Sarcotragus spinosulus Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Scalarispongia scalaris (Schmidt, 1862) (additional source)
Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 (additional source)
Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 (additional source)
Spongia (Spongia) virgultosa (Schmidt, 1868) (additional source)
Stelletta hispida (Bucchich, 1886) (additional source)
Terpios gelatinosa (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Terpios gelatinosus (Bowerbank, 1866) (additional source)
Timea fasciata Topsent, 1934 (additional source)
Timea unistellata (Topsent, 1892) (additional source)
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