Long-term (1998 vs. 2010) large-scale comparison of soft-bottom benthic macrofauna composition in the Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean Sea

• Published in: Journal of Sea Research
• Main Authors: Bonifacio, Paulo, Gremare, Antoine, Gauthier, Olivier, Romero-ramirez, Alicia, Bichon, Sabrina, Amouroux, Jean-michel, Labrune, Celine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2018
• Subjects: Zoobenthos; Macrofauna; Temporal variations; Species diversity; Mediterranean Sea; Gulf of Lions; Rhone; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59230/95015.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.08.013; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59230/

We achieved a long term (i.e.,1998 vs. 2010) large scale (i.e., whole Gulf of Lions) study of benthic macrofauna composition in the Gulf of Lions based on the resampling of 91 stations located along 21 inshore-offshore transects. Results show that the 3 main benthic communities identified in 1998 we...