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Benthic foraminiferal community changes and their relationship to environmental dynamics in intertidal muddy sediments (Bay of Cádiz, SW Spain)

2013; Inter-Research; Volume: 490; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps10447

1616-1599

Sokratis Papaspyrou, Paula Diz, Emilio García‐Robledo, Alfonso Corzo, Juan Luís Jiménez‐Arias,

Marine and coastal plant biology

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 490:121-135 (2013) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10447 Benthic foraminiferal community changes and their relationship to environmental dynamics in intertidal muddy sediments (Bay of Cádiz, SW Spain) Sokratis Papaspyrou1,2,*,**, Paula Diz3,*, Emilio García-Robledo2, Alfonso Corzo2, Juan-Luis Jimenez-Arias2 1Unidad asociada de Oceanografía Interdisciplinar, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucia (CSIC), Pol. Rio San Pedro s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain 2Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Cádiz, Pol. Río San Pedro s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain 3Departmento de Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Territorio, Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain *These authors contributed equally to this work**Email: sokratis.papaspyrou@uca.es ABSTRACT: The temporal and vertical variability of live intertidal benthic foraminifera was studied in parallel to environmental variables such as porewater and overlying water nutrients, salinity, temperature, sedimentary pigments and organic carbon. About 80% of benthic foraminifera were concentrated in the upper 0-4 mm sediment layer, which was also the maximum oxygen penetration depth under light conditions as determined by oxygen microsensor measurements. Significant changes in the composition of the foraminiferal community over the course of the study were found in the surface layer (0-2 mm), whereas no differences were detected in the deepest sediment layers (10-30 mm). Univariate measures, such as abundance, species richness and diversity showed few differences over time and little relation to environmental variables. On the other hand, multivariate regression analysis for the whole community assemblage showed that the significant community composition changes over time in the surface layer could be related to fluctuations of several environmental variables, mainly those related to sediment food availability. The macroalgal bloom that occurred during the winter months had no detectable effect on benthic foraminiferal abundance or community patterns. Overall, the intertidal foraminiferal community in the Bay of Cádiz showed a highly dynamic character and a clear vertical distribution which could be effectively captured by studying the uppermost sediment layer at sub-centimetric vertical resolution. KEY WORDS: Benthic foraminifera · Intertidal sediment · Microelectrodes · Microphytobenthos · Macroalgal bloom Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Papaspyrou S, Diz P, García-Robledo E, Corzo A, Jimenez-Arias JL (2013) Benthic foraminiferal community changes and their relationship to environmental dynamics in intertidal muddy sediments (Bay of Cádiz, SW Spain). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 490:121-135. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10447 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 490. Online publication date: September 17, 2013 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2013 Inter-Research.