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Título : A baseline quantitative assessment of deep-sea benthic fauna of the Gulf of Aqaba (Northern Saudi Arabia, Red Sea)
Autor : Joydas, Thadickal V.; Manokaran, Seerangan; Borja, Angel; Rabaoui, Lotfi; Manikandan, Karuppasamy P.; Ashraf, T. T. M. and Aarif, K. M.; Hussain, Syed A.; Baig, Meerja H.; Shoeb, Mohammed; Krishnakumar, Periyadan K.; Qurban, Mohammad A.
Resumen : The Gulf of Aqaba (hereafter `the Gulf') is a narrow, semi-enclosed, warm, high saline, and oligotrophic water body. This baseline study provides the first quantitative data on deep-sea (207-1281 m depth) benthos of the Gulf. Fifty-five benthic species (predominantly polychaetes) with a density of 160-670 ind. m(-2), species richness of 11-25, and Shannon-Wiener diversity (H') of 3.14-4.17 bits. ind.(-1) were recorded from nine stations. The density and H' of benthos of the Gulf are comparable with those of the Red Sea, while both are lower than those reported from the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The good-high ecological status of benthic communities indicates the absence of major stress in the deep-sea habitats of the Gulf. As large-scale urbanization is proposed in the Saudi coastal areas of the Gulf, this study is expected to provide a baseline dataset for future environmental impact assessments.
Palabras clave : Deep-sea benthos; Oligotrophic; Diversity; Density; Gulf of Aqaba; Saudi Arabia
Fecha de publicación : 2021
Editorial : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Tipo de documento: Article
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112028
URI : http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/1270
ISSN : 0025-326X
E-ISSN: 1879-3363
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