Dataset 670
Climate change transforms the functional identity of Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages
Realm: Marine
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate Shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 42.588100
Central longitude: 7.837698
Duration: 8 years, from 1999 to 2018
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate Shelf and seas ecoregions Central latitude: 42.588100
Central longitude: 7.837698
Duration: 8 years, from 1999 to 2018
4935 records
109 distinct species
Across the time series Complex mix invertebrates is the most frequently occurring speciesMethods
We used coralligenous assemblage data from five sites located within two marine protected areas in the NW Mediterranean Sea: the Port-Cros National Park and Scandola Natural Reserve. Three sites, one in Port-Cros (Gabin_par) and two in Scandola (Pzzu_par and Pzzinu_par), are exposed vertical walls dominated by the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. A total of 24 photographic quadrats of 25 × 25 cm (replicates) were analysed for each site and temporal point, resulting in 360 pictures in total. The sampling unit (625 cm2 per replicate) was selected following Kipson et al. (2011) and Casas-Güell et al. (2015). The percent cover of the different macro-benthic sessile species was calculated in each quadrat by over-imposing 100 stratified random points and identifying the underlying species to the lowest possible taxonomic level, using Photoquad photoquadrat (Trygonis & Sini, 2012).Citation(s)
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