The "Cladophora" phenomenon in the coastal waters of Cyprus
Argyrou, M. (2003). The "Cladophora" phenomenon in the coastal waters of Cyprus, in: Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Symposium Marine Vegetation (Ajaccio, 3-4 October 2000) = Actes du Premier Symposium Méditerannéen sur la Végétation Marine (Ajaccio, 3-4 octobre 2000). pp. 69-73
In: (2003). Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Symposium Marine Vegetation (Ajaccio, 3-4 October 2000) = Actes du Premier Symposium Méditerannéen sur la Végétation Marine (Ajaccio, 3-4 octobre 2000). Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA): Tunis. 208 pp., more
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Document type: Conference paper
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Cladophora Kützing, 1843 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Macroalgae, fish-hatchery, nutrients, Cladophora spp., Liopetri Bay (Cyprus) |
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The seasonal and spatial variability of rocky intertidal phytobenthic communities, with a particular emphasis on the green macroalga Cladophora spp., were examined in Liopetri Bay, Cyprus, along with changes in nutrient inputs from a fish-hatchery. Increased nutrient inputs, and particularly nitrates, in the effluents of the hatchery resulted in significant changes in the composition and density of intertidal rocky phyto-communities and particularly, in the stimulation of the overgrowth of the macroalgae Ulva spp. and Cladophora spp. in the adjacent area of the hatchery. Cladophora spp. then expanded in the Bay most likely by wind-driven currents and waves, while it continued its proliferation presumably by other nutrient sources such as the discharge of the nitrates-rich groundwater horizon, domestic effluents and the open sea fish cages. Based on the data on the situation of Cladophora spp. along the broader coastline of Cyprus, it seemed that Cladophora spp. appears every year in "normal" growth around most of the coasts of Cyprus; in the presence of excess nutrient inputs combined with high temperatures it causes eutrophication events. |
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