Benthic habitats, as well as their associated biota, have been studied in the Alboran Sea
since the nineteenth century, with a very significant increase of knowledge in the last five …

Aquaculture facilities provide a suitable habitat for a wide group of marine species that are
able to colonise and settle on artificial structures. This study aims to determine the …

Marine and anchialine caves host specialized faunal communities with a variable degree of
endemism and functional specialization. However, biodiversity assessments on this habitat …

Abstract The amphipod genus Jassa Leach, 1814 now comprises 24 species that occur in
temperate regions of both hemispheres on solid substrates from the lower intertidal zone to …

The present study provides updated information on amphipod assemblages of the southern
Portuguese coast, the most south-western part of continental Europe. The influence of depth …

Context Despite the key ecological role played by epifaunal communities associated with
macroalgae in temperate coastal rocky shores worldwide, biodiversity and ecological …

The objectives of this study were to describe the peracaridean fauna associated to the algae
Corallina elongata from the Strait of Gibraltar, and explore possible biodiversity and …

Organic-rich sediments in estuaries and the coastal ocean are often a product of land
clearing, runoff of excess nutrients and other human activities. They can harbor pollutants …

This study analyzed the crustacean diversity, distribution and relationship with
environmental factors in the western and the southern Portuguese continental shelf …

Spatial patterns of intertidal peracarids, associated with the alga Corallina elongata, were
studied along the whole Iberian Peninsula. A total of 28,215 specimens were collected …