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Within-year spatio-temporal variation in meiofaunal abundance and community structure, Sinop Bay, the Southern Black Sea

Derya Ürkmez
Derya Ürkmez
, 
Murat Sezgin
Murat Sezgin
, 
Melek Ersoy Karaçuha
Melek Ersoy Karaçuha
, 
İbrahim Öksüz
İbrahim Öksüz
, 
Tuncer Katağan
Tuncer Katağan
, 
Levent Bat
Levent Bat
, 
Ertan Dağlı
Ertan Dağlı
 und 
Fatih Şahin
Fatih Şahin
   | 10. März 2016
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Article Category: Original research paper
Online veröffentlicht: 10. März 2016
Seitenbereich: 55 - 65
Eingereicht: 29. Mai 2015
Akzeptiert: 23. Juli 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0006
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Figure 1

Map of the study area showing sampling stations (A, B, C, D are transects; 1 indicates stations with 3 m, 2 indicates stations with 10 m)
Map of the study area showing sampling stations (A, B, C, D are transects; 1 indicates stations with 3 m, 2 indicates stations with 10 m)

Figure 2

Monthly changes in meiofaunal abundance at sampling stations
Monthly changes in meiofaunal abundance at sampling stations

Figure 3

Dendrogram showing similarity of stations-months in terms of meiofaunal abundance (A, B, C, D are transects; 1 indicates stations at 3 m; 2 indicates stations at 10 m)
Dendrogram showing similarity of stations-months in terms of meiofaunal abundance (A, B, C, D are transects; 1 indicates stations at 3 m; 2 indicates stations at 10 m)

Figure 4

Monthly meiofaunal community structure at sampling stations for the first six months from August 2009 to January 2010 (H.S.: Hard shelled; A, B, C, D are transects; 1 indicates stations with 3 m, 2 indicates stations with 10 m)
Monthly meiofaunal community structure at sampling stations for the first six months from August 2009 to January 2010 (H.S.: Hard shelled; A, B, C, D are transects; 1 indicates stations with 3 m, 2 indicates stations with 10 m)

Figure 5

Monthly meiofaunal community structure at sampling stations for the second six months from February 2010 to July 2010 (H.S.: Hard shelled; A, B, C, D are transects, 1 indicates stations with 3 m, 2 indicates stations with 10 m)
Monthly meiofaunal community structure at sampling stations for the second six months from February 2010 to July 2010 (H.S.: Hard shelled; A, B, C, D are transects, 1 indicates stations with 3 m, 2 indicates stations with 10 m)

Figure 6

Monthly changes in mean nematode abundance at sampling stations
Monthly changes in mean nematode abundance at sampling stations

Figure 7

Monthly changes in mean harpacticoid abundance at sampling stations.
Monthly changes in mean harpacticoid abundance at sampling stations.

Figure 8

Monthly changes in mean polychaete abundance at sampling stations
Monthly changes in mean polychaete abundance at sampling stations

Figure 9

Monthly changes in mean foraminiferal (hard shelled) abundance at sampling stations
Monthly changes in mean foraminiferal (hard shelled) abundance at sampling stations

Results of ANOSIM of the Bray-Curtis similarity for the meiofaunal community structure

Global R P(%)
Aug-A1, Group C 0.718 7.1
Aug-A1, Group B 1 6.7
Aug-A1, Group B 1 20
Group C, Group B 0.727 0.1
Group C, Group A 0.953 1.2
Group B, Group A 0.832 0.3

Correlation values between mean abundance of meiobenthic taxa and the environmental parameters

Major taxa pH DO po% vfg vcs cs fs vfs csi T (°C) R (Mv) PO4 OM (%) NO2 NO3
Nematoda -0.18 0.03 -0.06 -0.14 -0.09 0.81 -0.03 -0.48 -0.33 0.10 0.43 -0.02 -0.14 0.09 0.21
Harpacticoida 0.40 0.02 -0.35 0.38 0.40 0.01 -0.20 -0.25 -0.23 0.18 -0.13 0.26 0.03 0.16 0.48
Polychaeta 0.27 0.12 -0.19 0.14 0.23 0.47 -0.04 -0.52 -0.30 0.16 0.03 0.12 0.05 0.06 0.41
Foraminifera H.S. 0.26 0.10 -0.29 0.47 0.70 -0.55 -0.10 -0.01 0.13 -0.14 -0.36 -0.08 0.05 -0.05 0.05
Foraminifera S.S. 0.01 0.07 0.12 -0.17 -0.15 0.51 0.17 -0.35 -0.22 0.21 -0.01 0.02 0.16 -0.06 0.17
Bivalvia 0.17 0.49 0.15 -0.13 -0.03 0.08 0.28 -0.25 -0.05 0.17 0.15 0.11 -0.13 -0.28 0.28
Gastropoda 0.19 0.24 -0.06 0.18 0.53 -0.39 0.16 -0.03 -0.05 -0.02 -0.38 0.03 0.28 -0.14 0.31
Ostracoda 0.39 -0.06 -0.56 0.55 0.81 -0.35 -0.35 -0.12 0.03 -0.13 -0.35 0.02 0.07 0.15 0.18
Turbellaria -0.31 -0.18 0.10 -0.33 -0.28 0.87 0.12 -0.44 -0.38 0.02 0.31 -0.08 -0.07 0.16 0.05
Nemertea 0.09 0.48 -0.11 -0.02 0.18 0.36 0.00 -0.34 -0.14 0.14 0.29 -0.08 0.13 -0.35 0.09
Oligochaeta -0.31 -0.03 0.16 -0.20 -0.08 0.35 0.26 -0.37 -0.09 -0.34 0.08 -0.50 -0.28 -0.17 -0.16
Acari 0.05 -0.36 -0.01 -0.21 -0.17 0.17 0.16 -0.07 -0.15 -0.31 -0.09 0.03 -0.10 0.47 0.21
Amphipoda -0.03 0.06 0.03 -0.01 0.24 0.01 -0.17 0.08 -0.18 0.25 0.09 0.18 -0.13 -0.22 0.33
Insecta 0.06 0.37 -0.13 0.11 0.44 0.00 0.04 -0.18 -0.18 0.13 0.14 -0.04 0.00 -0.32 0.15
Ciliophora -0.10 -0.13 0.02 -0.28 -0.29 0.60 0.18 -0.31 -0.32 0.11 0.22 0.11 0.00 0.28 0.19
Echinodermata -0.03 0.31 -0.12 -0.03 0.19 0.19 -0.05 -0.15 -0.02 0.09 0.24 -0.01 -0.13 -0.21 0.10
Hydrozoa 0.12 -0.07 -0.52 0.38 0.67 -0.22 -0.31 -0.12 0.24 -0.22 -0.01 -0.11 0.17 0.13 -0.13
Kinorhyncha 0.23 0.12 -0.46 0.27 0.69 -0.14 -0.27 -0.14 0.21 -0.10 -0.13 -0.11 0.10 -0.03 -0.04
Tanaidacea 0.03 0.20 0.01 0.04 0.44 -0.10 -0.13 0.09 0.01 0.15 -0.08 -0.06 -0.08 -0.36 0.11
Tardigrada 0.42 -0.01 -0.62 0.51 0.74 -0.18 -0.38 -0.19 -0.02 -0.05 -0.29 0.10 0.16 0.22 0.25
Cnidaria 0.20 -0.31 -0.27 0.27 0.14 0.09 -0.21 -0.13 -0.14 -0.17 -0.16 0.06 0.01 0.45 0.14
Nauplia -0.16 -0.27 0.04 -0.05 -0.13 0.37 -0.08 -0.12 -0.12 -0.09 -0.01 0.03 -0.12 0.30 -0.17
Cumacea 0.08 0.24 0.01 -0.03 0.03 0.29 -0.04 -0.16 -0.21 0.53 0.23 0.22 0.70 -0.12 0.13
Pycnogonida 0.11 0.00 -0.24 0.32 0.26 -0.10 -0.19 -0.08 -0.10 0.15 -0.19 0.21 -0.12 0.03 0.15
Phoronidae 0.35 0.22 -0.25 0.44 -0.01 -0.17 -0.20 0.01 -0.01 0.13 -0.16 0.23 0.01 -0.22 -0.04
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