Spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of epibiota along the leaves of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea

• Published in: Marine biology research Vol. 17; no. 7-8; pp. 592 - 602
• Main Authors: Bračun, Sandra, Wagner, Maximilian, Koblmüller, Stephan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 14.09.2021
• Subjects: epibiota; invertebrates; lesser Neptune grass; Mediterranean Sea; sessile organism

We investigated the epibiotic community along Cymodocea nodosa leaves in a seagrass meadow in the Northern Adriatic Sea. In accordance with previous studies, we found that autotrophic organisms dominated throughout the study period (May-October 2014) and showed a clear temporal occurrence pattern wi...