Ecological Status of Coralligenous Macroalgal Assemblages in the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Isole Ciclopi (Ionian Sea)
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Transect | Depth | Length | Exposure | Latitude and Longitude Initial Point of the Transect/Final Point of the Transect |
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TLa | 35 m | ~200 m | East-South/East | 37°33′41.50″ N 15°10′06.26″ E/37°33′34.82″ N 15°10′04.98″ E |
TLb | 33 m | ~200 m | North/East-North | 37°33′44.02″ N 15°10′01.85″ E/37°33′40.56″ N 15°10′08.73″ E |
TLc | 35 m | ~200 m | South-South/West | 37°33′25.09″ N 15°09′47.47″ E/37°33′24.79″ N 15°09′56.47″ E |
Chorology | Taxa | 1970 | 2001 | 2019 |
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Rhodophyta | ||||
M | Acrodiscus vidovichii (Meneghini) Zanardini | + | ||
IA | Acrosorium ciliolatum (Harvey) Kylin | + | + | + |
IA | Aglaothamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Feldmann-Mazoyer | + | + | + |
IA | Aglaothamnion tripinnatum (C. Agardh) Feldmann-Mazoyer | + | + | |
P | Amphiroa rubra (Philippi) Woelkerling | + | ||
Abt | Anotrichium barbatum (C. Agardh) Nägeli | + | + | |
IP | Antithamnion amphigeneum A. Millar | + | ||
IA | Antithamnion cruciatum (C. Agardh) Nägeli | + | + | |
IA | Apoglossum ruscifolium (Turner) J. Agardh | + | + | + |
C | Asparagopsis armata Harvey (Falkenbergia rufolanosa stage) | + | + | + |
CB | Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot (Trailliella intricata stage) | + | ||
SC | Caulacanthus ustulatus (Turner) Kützing | + | ||
C | Centroceras clavulatum (C. Agardh) Montagne | + | + | |
M | Ceramium bertholdii Funk | + | + | |
SC | Ceramium cimbricum H.E. Petersen | + | ||
SC | Ceramium codii (H. Richards) Feldmann-Mazoyer | + | + | |
IA | Ceramium comptum Børgesen | + | + | |
Ab | Ceramium echionotum J. Agardh | + | ||
M | Ceramium graecum Lazaridou et Boudouresque | + | ||
C | Champia parvula (C. Agardh) Harvey | + | + | + |
M | Contarinia peyssonneliaeformis Zanardini | + | + | |
M | Contarinia squamariae (Meneghini) Denizot | + | + | + |
Abt | Croisettea requienii (J. Agardh) M. J. Wynne | + | ||
SC | Crouania attenuata (C. Agardh) J. Agardh | + | + | + |
IA | Dasya ocellata (Grateloup) Harvey | + | + | |
IA | Eupogodon planus (C. Agardh) Kützing | + | + | |
M | Feldmannophycus rayssiae (Feldmann et Feldmann-Mazoyer) H. Augier et Boudouresque | + | + | + |
C | Gelidium minusculum (Weber Bosse) R.E. Norris | + | + | |
C | Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis | + | + | |
M | Gloiocladia furcata (C. Agardh) J. Agardh | + | + | |
IA | Gloiocladia repens (C.Agardh) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto | + | + | + |
IA | Griffithsia opuntioides J. Agardh | + | ||
Abt | Halydictyon mirabile Zanardini | + | + | |
SC | Halymenia floresia (Clemente) C.Agardh | + | ||
Abt | Haraldia lenormandii (Derbès & Solier) Feldmann | + | + | |
P | Herposiphonia secunda (C. Agardh) Ambronn | + | + | |
P | Herposiphonia tenella (C. Agardh) Ambronn | + | + | |
IA | Heterosiphonia crispella (C. Agardh) M.J. Wynne | + | + | |
C | Hydrolithon boreale (Foslie) Y.M. Chamberlain | + | + | |
IA | Hydrolithon cruciatum (Bressan) Y.M. Chamberlain | + | ||
C | Hydrolithon farinosum (J.V. Lamouroux) Penrose et Y.M. Chamberlain v. farinosum | + | + | + |
Ab | Hypoglossum hypoglossoides (Stackhouse) Collins et Hervey | + | + | + |
Ab | Irvinea boergesenii (Feldmann) R.J. Wilkes, L.M. McIvor et Guiry | + | ||
SC | Jania adhaerens J.V. Lamouroux | + | + | |
C | Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux | + | + | |
IAtf | Jania virgata (Zanardini) Montagne | + | ||
Abt | Laurencia chondrioides Børgesen | + | ||
C | Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux | + | + | |
P | Lejolisia mediterranea Bornet | + | ||
IA | Lithophyllum pustulatum (J.V. Lamouroux) Foslie | + | + | |
IA | Lithophyllum stictaeforme (Areschoug) Hauck | + | + | + |
M | Lomentaria chylocladiella Funk | + | + | |
M | Lomentaria claviformis Ercegovic | + | + | + |
M | Lomentaria ercegovicii Verlaque, Boudouresque, Meinesz, Giraud & Marcot Coqueugniot | + | + | |
IP | Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F. Schmitz | + | + | + |
Abt | Meredithia microphylla (J. Agardh) J. Agardh | + | + | |
M | Mesophyllum expansum (Philippi) Cabioch & M.L.Mendoza | + | + | |
M | Mesophyllum macroblastum (Foslie) W.H. Adey | + | ||
M | Metapeyssonnelia feldmanni Boudouresque, Coppejans et Marcot | + | ||
IA | Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville | + | + | |
M | Nitophyllum tristromaticum J.J. Rodriguez y Femenìas ex Mazza (i.s.) * | + | + | + |
P | Peyssonnelia bornetii Boudouresque et Denizot | + | + | |
M | Peyssonnelia crispata Boudouresque et Denizot | + | + | |
IA | Peyssonnelia dubyi P. et H. Crouan | + | + | |
Ab | Peyssonnelia harveyana P. et H. Crouan ex J. Agardh | + | ||
SC | Peyssonnelia heteromorpha (Zanardini) Athanasiadis | + | + | |
M | Peyssonnelia magna Ercegovic | + | + | |
Abt | Peyssonnelia rosa-marina Boudouresque et Denizot | + | + | + |
P | Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J. Agardh | + | + | + |
M | Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G. Gmelin) Decaisne | + | + | |
A | Phymatolithon lamii (Me. Lemoine) Y.M. Chamberlain | + | ||
SC | Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S. Dixon | + | + | + |
C | Pneophyllum fragile Kützing | + | + | |
M | Polysiphonia atra Zanardini | + | ||
M | Polysiphonia perforans Cormaci, G. Furnari, Pizzuto et Serio | + | ||
P | Polysiphonia scopulorum Harvey | + | + | |
Ab | Polysiphonia subulata (Ducluzeau) Kützing | + | ||
SC | Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Nägeli | + | + | + |
SC | Pterothamnion plumula (J. Ellis) Nägeli | + | ||
IA | Ptilothamnion pluma (Dillwyn) Thuret | + | + | + |
M | Rhodymenia leptofaucheoides P.Huvé & H.Huvé | + | ||
Abt | Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V. Lamouroux) P.C. Silva | + | + | |
M | Sebdenia monardiana (Montagne) Berthold | + | + | + |
Ab | Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse | + | + | + |
C | Stylonema alsidii (Zanardini) K.M. Drew | + | + | |
A | Vickersia baccata (J. Agardh) Karsakoff | + | ||
P | Wrangelia penicillata (C. Agardh) C. Agardh | + | + | |
Ochrophyta | ||||
M | Cystoseira dubia Valiante | + | + | |
C | Dictyopteris polypodioides (A.P. De Candolle) J.V. Lamouroux | + | + | |
SC | Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux v. intricata (C. Agardh) Greville | + | + | + |
SC | Halopteris filicina (Grateloup) Kützing | + | + | + |
P | Sargassum acinarium (Linnaeus) Setchell | + | ||
SC | Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C. Agardh | + | + | |
Ab | Sphacelaria plumula Zanardini | + | + | + |
AP | Zanardinia typus (Nardo) G. Furnari | + | + | |
IA | Zonaria tournefortii (J.V. Lamoroux) Montagne | + | + | |
Chlorophyta | ||||
C | Bryopsis hypnoides J.V. Lamouroux | + | + | |
P | Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder | + | ||
Abt | Codium bursa (Linnaeus) C. Agardh | + | + | |
At | Flabellia petiolata (Turra) Nizamuddin | + | + | + |
P | Halimeda tuna (J. Ellis et Solander) J.V. Lamoroux | + | + | |
IA | Lychaete pellucida (Hudson) M.J. Wynne | + | ||
SC | Ostreobium quekettii Bornet et Flahault | + | ||
APt | Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenhorst | + | + | |
SC | Ulvella lens P. et H. Crouan | + | + | |
P | Valonia macrophisa Kützing | + | + |
Groups/Taxa | Percent Cover | Grades of Braun-Blanquet’s Scale |
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Calcareous Rhodopyta | 75–50% | 4 |
Peyssonellia sp. pl. | 50–25% | 3 |
Erect corticated Rhodophyta | 50–25% | 3 |
Algal turf | 25–5% | 2 |
NIS | 25–5% | 2 |
Palmophyllum crassum | 5–1% | 1 |
Halimeda tuna | <1% | + |
Flattened corticated Rhodophyta | <1% | + |
Species Reported in 2001 | Species No Longer Found in 2001 | Species Reported in 2019 | Species No Longer Found in 2019 | Species Present in All Sampling Periods | |
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N. species | 43 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 26 |
Rh | 34 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 22 |
Oc | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Ch | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Species REPORTED in 2001 | Species No Longer Found in 2001 | Species Reported in 2019 | Species No Longer Found in 2019 | Species Present in All Sampling Periods | |
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Atlantic | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
Cosmopolitan | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
Circumboreal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Indo-Pacific | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mediterranean | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Pantropical | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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Costanzo, L.G.; Marletta, G.; Alongi, G. Ecological Status of Coralligenous Macroalgal Assemblages in the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Isole Ciclopi (Ionian Sea). Plants 2021, 10, 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020329
Costanzo LG, Marletta G, Alongi G. Ecological Status of Coralligenous Macroalgal Assemblages in the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Isole Ciclopi (Ionian Sea). Plants. 2021; 10(2):329. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020329
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