Biogeography of epibenthic crustaceans on the shelf and upper slope off the Iberian Peninsula Mediterranean coasts: implications for the establishment of natural management areas
Editor/s
Abelló, P. (Pere); Bertrand, J.A. (Jacques A.); Gil-de-Sola-Simarro, L. (Luis); Papaconstantinou, C. (Costas); Relini, G. (Giulio); Souplet, A. (Arnauld)Editor's version
http://scimar.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/444/Date
2002Type
articleKeywords
biogeographydecapod crustaceans
stomatopods
western Mediterranean
natural management areas
Abstract
The patterns of occurrence and bathymetric distribution of epibenthic crustaceans on the continental shelf and upper slope down to a depth of 800 m are analysed based on data gathered during six demersal trawl surveys performed annually in spring along the Mediterranean coasts of the Iberian Peninsula (from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cape Creus) between 1994 and 1999. A total of 598 valid hauls has been studied providing a total of 108 species of decapods, two stomatopods, one euphausiid, one mysid and one isopod. The study area has been subdivided into seven sectors according to their geomorphological characteristics, and the patterns of occurrence and abundance by depth have been analysed separately for each of the sectors. Detailed data on bathymetric distribution are presented for each species. Two main biogeographical areas can be discerned along the study area, which can approximately be separated at Palos Cape: the Alborán Sea to the southwest, and the northwestern Mediterranean ...
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