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Seasonal variations of Mediterranean interstitial opisthobranch assemblages
Poizat, C. (1984). Seasonal variations of Mediterranean interstitial opisthobranch assemblages, in: Heip, C.H.R. (Ed.) Biology of Meiofauna. Proceedings of the Fifth International Meiofauna Conference, held in Ghent, Belgium 16-20 August 1983. Developments in Hydrobiology, 26: pp. 83-94
In: Heip, C.H.R. (Ed.) (1984). Biology of Meiofauna: Proceedings of the Fifth International Meiofauna Conference, held in Ghent, Belgium 16-20 August 1983. Developments in Hydrobiology, 26. Dr. W. Junk Publishers: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-9061935131. IX, 133 pp., more
In: Dumont, H.J. (Ed.) Developments in Hydrobiology. Kluwer Academic/Springer: The Hague; London; Boston; Dordrecht. ISSN 0167-8418, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic communities > Benthos
    Aquatic communities > Benthos > Meiobenthos
    Bioindicators
    Monitoring > Environmental monitoring
    Pollution > Water pollution > Marine pollution
    Pollution effects
    Species composition
    Taxa > Species > Indicator species
    Temporal variations > Periodic variations > Seasonal variations
    Opisthobranchia [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Poizat, C.
Abstract
    Characteristic seasonal cycles have been found for interstitial opisthobranchs living in various sandy biotopes of different exposure in the Gulf of Marseilles (Mediterranean coast of France). Abnormal progressive degradation of the environment caused by increased pollution and a striking decrease of regional wind frequency throughout a seven-year period changed these cycles. The sensitivity of these interstitial opisthobranchs to the degradation of their habitat makes them valuable biological indicators which could be used to identify clean sublittoral sandy bottoms which need to be protected.
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