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Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine

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MARINE VEGETATION ASSEMBLAGES<br />

AND BENTHIC BIONOMY IN CYPRUS.<br />

Marina ARGYROU 1 , Just T. BAYLE 2 , Chedly RAIS 3 , Alf<strong>on</strong>so A. RAMOS-ESPLÁ 2 ,<br />

Pablo SÁNCHEZ-JÉREZ 2 & Carlos VALLE 2<br />

(1) : Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Fisheries and <strong>Marine</strong> Research, Cyprus<br />

(2) : Unidad de Biología Marina, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Alicante, Spain.<br />

(3) : Regi<strong>on</strong>al Activity Center for Special Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), Tunisia.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

Three localities in Cyprus have been observed (Cape Greco, Moulia Rocks and Akamas<br />

Peninsula) and mapped, 0-70m depth ranges by direct sampling (SCUBA and<br />

snorkelling) and remote sampling (trawl, dredge) <strong>on</strong> hard and s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t bottoms, as part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> RAC/SPA-EU MedMPA project. It is analysed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> dominant vegetati<strong>on</strong> assemblages:<br />

i) littoral rocks Sp<strong>on</strong>gites-Dendropoma and Lithophyllum spp. formati<strong>on</strong>s; ii) upper<br />

infralittoral rocky bottoms with Cystoseira spp. forests; iii) upper circalittoral rocks with<br />

Caulerpa racemosa and C. prolifera, and Fucales; iv) seagrass meadows in rocky<br />

bottoms (Posid<strong>on</strong>ia) and s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t bottoms (Posid<strong>on</strong>ia, Cymodocea and Halophila); v)<br />

coastal detritic bottoms with Corallinaceae (Lithothamni<strong>on</strong>, Phymatolith<strong>on</strong>),<br />

Peyss<strong>on</strong>neliaceae (Peyss<strong>on</strong>nelia spp.) and Palmophyllum crassum.<br />

ACTES DU DEUXIEME SYMPOSIUM MEDITERRANEEN SUR LA VEGETATION MARINE (ATHENES, 12-13 DECEMBRE 2003)<br />

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