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Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine

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MARINE VEGETATION ASSEMBLAGES AND BENTHIC BIONOMY<br />

IN THE ZEMBRA-ZEMBRETTA NATIONAL PARK (TUNISIA).<br />

Just T. BAYLE 1 , Karim BEN MUSTAPHA 2 , Adel BOUAJINA, 3 Saba GUELLOUZ 4 , Atef LIMAN 3 ,<br />

Chedly RAIS 3 , Alf<strong>on</strong>so A. RAMOS-ESPLA 1 , Pablo SANCHEZ-JEREZ 1 & Carlos VALLE 1<br />

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

(2) : Institut Nati<strong>on</strong>al de Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia.<br />

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

(4) : Agence pour la Protecti<strong>on</strong> et Aménagement du Littoral (APAL), Tunisia.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

During two cruises (2002 and 2003) <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> marine vegetati<strong>on</strong> assemblages around <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Zembra-Zembretta Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park have been observed and mapped, 0-75m depth ranges<br />

by direct sampling (SCUBA and snorkelling) and remote sampling (dredge) <strong>on</strong> hard and<br />

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> <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<br />

vegetati<strong>on</strong> assemblages: i) littoral rocks Sp<strong>on</strong>gites-Dendropoma formati<strong>on</strong>s; ii)<br />

infralittoral rocky bottoms with Cystoseira spp. and Dictyopteris polypodioides forests, ;<br />

iii) upper circalittoral rocks with deeper Cystoseira spp.; 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 and Cymodocea); v) coastal detritic<br />

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

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

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