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DEEP SEA LEBANON RESULTS of the 2016 EXPEDITION EXPLORING SUBMARINE CANYONS Towards Deep-Sea Conservation in Lebanon Project
DEEP SEA LEBANON RESULTS OF THE 2016 EXPEDITION EXPLORING SUBMARINE CANYONS Towards Deep-Sea Conservation in Lebanon Project March 2018 DEEP SEA LEBANON RESULTS OF THE 2016 EXPEDITION EXPLORING SUBMARINE CANYONS Towards Deep-Sea Conservation in Lebanon Project Citation: Aguilar, R., García, S., Perry, A.L., Alvarez, H., Blanco, J., Bitar, G. 2018. 2016 Deep-sea Lebanon Expedition: Exploring Submarine Canyons. Oceana, Madrid. 94 p. DOI: 10.31230/osf.io/34cb9 Based on an official request from Lebanon’s Ministry of Environment back in 2013, Oceana has planned and carried out an expedition to survey Lebanese deep-sea canyons and escarpments. Cover: Cerianthus membranaceus © OCEANA All photos are © OCEANA Index 06 Introduction 11 Methods 16 Results 44 Areas 12 Rov surveys 16 Habitat types 44 Tarablus/Batroun 14 Infaunal surveys 16 Coralligenous habitat 44 Jounieh 14 Oceanographic and rhodolith/maërl 45 St. George beds measurements 46 Beirut 19 Sandy bottoms 15 Data analyses 46 Sayniq 15 Collaborations 20 Sandy-muddy bottoms 20 Rocky bottoms 22 Canyon heads 22 Bathyal muds 24 Species 27 Fishes 29 Crustaceans 30 Echinoderms 31 Cnidarians 36 Sponges 38 Molluscs 40 Bryozoans 40 Brachiopods 42 Tunicates 42 Annelids 42 Foraminifera 42 Algae | Deep sea Lebanon OCEANA 47 Human 50 Discussion and 68 Annex 1 85 Annex 2 impacts conclusions 68 Table A1. List of 85 Methodology for 47 Marine litter 51 Main expedition species identified assesing relative 49 Fisheries findings 84 Table A2. List conservation interest of 49 Other observations 52 Key community of threatened types and their species identified survey areas ecological importanc 84 Figure A1. -
Central Mediterranean Sea) Subtidal Cliff: a First, Tardy, Report
Biodiversity Journal , 2018, 9 (1): 25–34 Mollusc diversity in Capo d’Armi (Central Mediterranean Sea) subtidal cliff: a first, tardy, report Salvatore Giacobbe 1 & Walter Renda 2 ¹Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d’Al - contres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy; e-mail: [email protected] 2Via Bologna, 18/A, 87032 Amantea, Cosenza, Italy; e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT First quantitative data on mollusc assemblages from the Capo d’Armi cliff, at the south en - trance of the Strait of Messina, provided a baseline for monitoring changes in benthic biod- iversity of a crucial Mediterranean area, whose depletion might already be advanced. A total of 133 benthic taxa have been recorded, and their distribution evaluated according to depth and seasonality. Bathymetric distribution showed scanty differences between the 4-6 meters and 12-16 meters depth levels, sharing all the 22 most abundant species. Season markedly affected species composition, since 42 taxa were exclusively recorded in spring and 35 in autumn, contrary to 56 shared taxa. The occurrence of some uncommon taxa has also been discussed. The benthic mollusc assemblages, although sampled in Ionian Sea, showed a clear western species composition, in accordance with literature placing east of the Strait the bound- ary line between western and eastern Mediterranean eco-regions. Opposite, occasional records of six mesopelagic species, which included the first record for this area of Atlanta helicinoi - dea -
From the Canary Islands
© Sociedad Española de Malacología Iberus, 27 (2): 93-98, 2009 Two new species of Putzeysia (Prosobranchia, Chilodontidae) from the Canary Islands Dos nuevas especies de Putzeysia (Prosobranchia, Chilodontidae) de las islas Canarias Winfried ENGL* and Emilio ROLÁN** Recibido el 23-III-2009. Aceptado el 1-X-2009 ABSTRACT Two new species of the genus Putzeysia are described, showing the shell characters, including protoconch and microsculpture; the new species are compared with the only known Mediterranean species for the genus, P. wiseri. RESUMEN Se describen dos nuevas especies del género Putzeysia, presentándose las caracterís- ticas de la concha, incluida la protoconcha y la microescultura; las nuevas especies se comparan con la única de este género que se conoce en el mar Mediterráneo, P. wiseri. INTRODUCTION In Europe, only one species of the Abbreviations genus Putzeysia Sulliotti, 1889 was known hitherto: Putzeysia wiseri (Calcara, MHNS Museo de Historia Natural, San- 1842), which is well illustrated in GIAN- tiago de Compostela NUZZI-SAVELLI,PUSATERI,PALMERI AND MNCN Museo Nacional de Ciencias EBREO (1994, fig. 263) and ARDOVINI AND Naturales, Madrid COSSIGNANI (1999: 34). MNHN Museum National d’Histoire In the material collected in several Naturelle, Paris dredgings in the Canary Islands, numer- MNHC Museo de la Naturaleza y el ous shells of a minute species group were Hombre, Santa Cruz de Tenerife found.InENGL(1994)thesespecimenswere SMNH Seckenberg Museum Natural identifiedasP.wiseriinspiteofdifferences History, in the height/width range. After a more ZMH Zoologisches Museum, Ham- detailedcomparison(mainlythroughscan- burg ning electron microscopy) of this materi- ZMB Zoologisches Museum, Berlin al with the Mediterranean species, two ZSM Zoologische Staatssammlung, closely similar but different species are München, described as new in the present work. -
Mollusc Fauna of Iskenderun Bay with a Checklist of the Region
www.trjfas.org ISSN 1303-2712 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 12: 171-184 (2012) DOI: 10.4194/1303-2712-v12_1_20 SHORT PAPER Mollusc Fauna of Iskenderun Bay with a Checklist of the Region Banu Bitlis Bakır1, Bilal Öztürk1*, Alper Doğan1, Mesut Önen1 1 Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology Bornova, Izmir. * Corresponding Author: Tel.: +90. 232 3115215; Fax: +90. 232 3883685 Received 27 June 2011 E-mail: [email protected] Accepted 13 December 2011 Abstract This study was performed to determine the molluscs distributed in Iskenderun Bay (Levantine Sea). For this purpose, the material collected from the area between the years 2005 and 2009, within the framework of different projects, was investigated. The investigation of the material taken from various biotopes ranging at depths between 0 and 100 m resulted in identification of 286 mollusc species and 27542 specimens belonging to them. Among the encountered species, Vitreolina cf. perminima (Jeffreys, 1883) is new record for the Turkish molluscan fauna and 18 species are being new records for the Turkish Levantine coast. A checklist of Iskenderun mollusc fauna is given based on the present study and the studies carried out beforehand, and a total of 424 moluscan species are known to be distributed in Iskenderun Bay. Keywords: Levantine Sea, Iskenderun Bay, Turkish coast, Mollusca, Checklist İskenderun Körfezi’nin Mollusca Faunası ve Bölgenin Tür Listesi Özet Bu çalışma İskenderun Körfezi (Levanten Denizi)’nde dağılım gösteren Mollusca türlerini tespit etmek için gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu amaçla, 2005 ve 2009 yılları arasında sürdürülen değişik proje çalışmaları kapsamında bölgeden elde edilen materyal incelenmiştir. -
Rocky Shore Snails As Material for Projects (With a Key for Their Identification)
Field Studies, 10, (2003) 601 - 634 ROCKY SHORE SNAILS AS MATERIAL FOR PROJECTS (WITH A KEY FOR THEIR IDENTIFICATION) J. H. CROTHERS Egypt Cottage, Fair Cross, Washford, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0LY ABSTRACT Rocky sea shores are amongst the best habitats in which to carry out biological field projects. In that habitat, marine snails (prosobranchs) offer the most opportunities for individual investigations, being easy to find, to identify, to count and to measure and beng sufficiently robust to survive the experience. A key is provided for the identification of the larger species and suggestions are made for investigations to exploit selected features of individual species. INTRODUCTION Rocky sea shores offer one of the best habitats for individual or group investigations. Not only is there de facto public access (once you have got there) but also the physical factors that dominate the environment - tides (inundation versus desiccation), waves, heat, cold, light, dark, salinity etc. - change significantly over a few metres in distance. As a bonus, most of the fauna and flora lives out on the open rock surface and patterns of distribution may be clearly visible to the naked eye. Finally, they are amongst the most ‘natural’ of habitats in the British Isles; unless there has been an oil spill, rocky sea shores are unlikely to have been greatly affected by covert human activity. Some 270 species of marine snail (Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda; Sub-Class Prosobranchia) live in the seas around the British Isles (Graham, 1988) and their empty shells may be found on many beaches. Most of these species are small (less than 3 mm long) or live beneath the tidemarks. -
Musée Royal D'histoire België
BULLETIN MEDEDEELINGEN DU VAN HET Musée royal d'Histoire Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch naturelle de Belgique Museum van België Tome XXIII, n" 1. Deel XXIII, n' 1. Bruxelles, mars 1947. Brussel, Maart 1947. PAUL PELSENEER (1863-1945). Notice biographique, par William Adam et Eugène Lkdoup (Bruxelles). (Avec deux planches hors-texte.) Le 5 mai 1945 mourut à Bruxelles Paul Pkusbnekr, Secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. Avec lui disparut un grand savant belge. .Jean-Paul-Louis Pblseneek naquit le 20 juin 1863 à Bruxelles, où son père, homme cultivé, dirigeait une petite industrie. Très jeune, il manifesta son amour des sciences naturelles et ses dis¬ positions furent encouragées, pendant ses études à l'Athénée de Bruxelles, par son professeur L. PmÉ, botaniste et zoologiste. A l'Université libre de Bruxelles, il suivit les cours de zoologie du professeur Yiseux, darwiniste convaincu et un des premiers adeptes du transformisme en Belgique. En 1884, Paul Pelsexkku fut proclamé docteur en sciences naturelles et, en 1888, docteur spécial en sciences zoologiques et agrégé à la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université libre de Bruxelles. A cette époque, la majorité des jeunes docteurs belges croyaient à la légende que l'Allemagne détenait le monopole de la science et de l'érudition ; ils partaient outre-Rhin « pour y prendre la « manière allemande » et perdre ainsi ce qu'il y avait, cliez beaucoup d'entre eux, de personnel et de spon¬ tané » (1). Grâce aux conseils de L. Dollo, il eut la bonne for- Ci) 1920, pp. 88-89. § w. adam et e. lêloup tune d'échapper à la formation allemande et, après ses études universitaires, de faire son véritable apprentissage d'investiga¬ teur en France, chez A. -
Fasciolariidae
WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base Family: FASCIOLARIIDAE Author: Claudio Galli - [email protected] (updated 07/set/2015) Class: GASTROPODA --- Clade: CAENOGASTROPODA-HYPSOGASTROPODA-NEOGASTROPODA-BUCCINOIDEA ------ Family: FASCIOLARIIDAE Gray, 1853 (Sea) - Alphabetic order - when first name is in bold the species has images Taxa=1523, Genus=128, Subgenus=5, Species=558, Subspecies=42, Synonyms=789, Images=454 abbotti , Polygona abbotti (M.A. Snyder, 2003) abnormis , Fusus abnormis E.A. Smith, 1878 - syn of: Coralliophila abnormis (E.A. Smith, 1878) abnormis , Latirus abnormis G.B. III Sowerby, 1894 abyssorum , Fusinus abyssorum P. Fischer, 1883 - syn of: Mohnia abyssorum (P. Fischer, 1884) achatina , Fasciolaria achatina P.F. Röding, 1798 - syn of: Fasciolaria tulipa (C. Linnaeus, 1758) achatinus , Fasciolaria achatinus P.F. Röding, 1798 - syn of: Fasciolaria tulipa (C. Linnaeus, 1758) acherusius , Chryseofusus acherusius R. Hadorn & K. Fraussen, 2003 aciculatus , Fusus aciculatus S. Delle Chiaje in G.S. Poli, 1826 - syn of: Fusinus rostratus (A.G. Olivi, 1792) acleiformis , Dolicholatirus acleiformis G.B. I Sowerby, 1830 - syn of: Dolicholatirus lancea (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) acmensis , Pleuroploca acmensis M. Smith, 1940 - syn of: Triplofusus giganteus (L.C. Kiener, 1840) acrisius , Fusus acrisius G.D. Nardo, 1847 - syn of: Ocinebrina aciculata (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822) aculeiformis , Dolicholatirus aculeiformis G.B. I Sowerby, 1833 - syn of: Dolicholatirus lancea (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) aculeiformis , Fusus aculeiformis J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1816 - syn of: Perrona aculeiformis (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1816) acuminatus, Latirus acuminatus (L.C. Kiener, 1840) acus , Dolicholatirus acus (A. Adams & L.A. Reeve, 1848) acuticostatus, Fusinus hartvigii acuticostatus (G.B. II Sowerby, 1880) acuticostatus, Fusinus acuticostatus G.B. -
Notice Explicative De La Feuille Belin À 1/50 000
NOTICE EXPLICATIVE DE LA FEUILLE BELIN À 1/50 000 par J.P. PLATEL 1992 Éditions du BRGM - BP 6009 - ORLÉANS Cedex 2 - FRANCE Références bibliographiques. Toute référence en bibliographie au présent document doit être faite de la façon suivante : - pour la carte : PLATEL J.P. (1992) - Carte géol. France (1/50 000), feuille Belin (850) - Orléans : BRGM. Notice explicative par J.P. PLATEL (1992), 66 p. -pour la notice: PLATEL J.P. (1992) - Notice explicative, Carte géol. France (1/50000), feuille Belin (850) - Orléans : BRGM, 66 p. Carte géologique par J.P. PLATEL (1992). © BRGM, 1992. Tous droits de traduction et de reproduction réservés. Aucun extrait de ce docu ment ne peut être reproduit, sous quelque forme ou par quelque procédé que ce soit (machine élec tronique, mécanique, à photocopier, à enregistrer ou tout autre) sans l'autorisation préalable de l'éditeur. ISBN: 2-7159-1850-X SOMMAIRE Pages INTRODUCTION 5 SITUATION GÉOGRAPHIQUE 5 CADRE GÉOLOGIQUE 5 PRÉSENTATION DE LA CARTE 6 CONDITIONS D ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LA CARTE 1 DESCRIPTION DES TERRAINS 7 TERRAINS NON AFFLEURANTS 1 TERRAINS AFFLEURANTS 22 UNITÉ BIOSÉDIMENTAIRE DU BASSIN DARCACHON 33 DONNÉES STRUCTURALES 34 SYNTHÈSE GÉODYNAMIQUE 36 GÉOLOGIE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT 45 PÉDOLOGIE ET VÉGÉTA TION 45 OCCUPATION DU SOL, CULTURES ET ACTIVITÉS 46 RESSOURCES EN EAU 46 SUBSTANCES UTILES 50 DOCUMENTATION COMPLÉMENTAIRE 55 PRÉHISTOIRE ET ARCHÉOLOGIE 55 ITINÉRAIRES DEXCURSION GÉOLOGIQUE ET TOURISTIQUE 59 BIBLIOGRAPHIE 62 DÉTERMINATIONS PALÉONTOLOGIQUES ET ANALYSES 65 DOCUMENTS CONSULTABLES 66 -
Contents VOLUME 135 (2) 2005 135 (2)
Contents VOLUME 135 (2) 2005 135 (2) Introduction. Ninth International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (9ICZEGAR) 105 (Thessaloniki, Greece). Assessing Biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Approaches and Applications Haralambos ALIVIZATOS, Vassilis GOUTNER and Stamatis ZOGARIS 109 Contribution to the study of the diet of four owl species (Aves, Strigiformes) from mainland and island areas of Greece Chryssanthi ANTONIADOU, Drossos KOUTSOUBAS and Chariton C. CHINTIROGLOU Belgian Journal of Zoology 119 Mollusca fauna from infralittoral hard substrate assemblages in the North Aegean Sea Maria D. ARGYROPOULOU, George KARRIS, Efi M. PAPATHEODOROU and George P. STAMOU 127 Epiedaphic Coleoptera in the Dadia Forest Reserve (Thrace, Greece) : The Effect of Human Activities on Community Organization Patterns Tsenka CHASSOVNIKAROVA, Roumiana METCHEVA and Krastio DIMITROV 135 Microtus guentheri (Danford & Alston) (Rodentia, Mammalia) : A Bioindicator Species for Estimation of the Influence of Polymetal Dust Emissions Rainer FROESE, Stefan GARTHE, Uwe PIATKOWSKI and Daniel PAULY 139 Trophic signatures of marine organisms in the Mediterranean as compared with other ecosystems AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY Giorgos GIANNATOS, Yiannis MARINOS, Panagiota MARAGOU and Giorgos CATSADORAKIS 145 The status of the Golden Jackal (Canis aureus L.) in Greece THE ROYAL BELGIAN SOCIETY FOR ZOOLOGY Marianna GIANNOULAKI, Athanasios MACHIAS, Stylianos SOMARAKIS and Nikolaos TSIMENIDES 151 The spatial distribution -
Biodiversita' Ed Evoluzione
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN BIODIVERSITA’ ED EVOLUZIONE Ciclo XXIII Settore scientifico-disciplinare di afferenza: BIO/05 ZOOLOGIA MOLLUSCS OF THE MARINE PROTECTED AREA “SECCHE DI TOR PATERNO” Presentata da: Dott. Paolo Giulio Albano Coordinatore Dottorato Relatore Prof.ssa Barbara Mantovani Prof. Francesco Zaccanti Co-relatore Prof. Bruno Sabelli Esame finale anno 2011 to Ilaria and Chiara, my daughters This PhD thesis is the completion of a long path from childhood amateur conchology to scientific research. Many people were involved in this journey, but key characters are three. Luca Marini, director of “Secche di Tor Paterno” Marine Protected Area, shared the project idea of field research on molluscs and trusted me in accomplishing the task. Without his active support in finding funds for the field activities this project would have not started. It is no exaggeration saying I would not have even thought of entering the PhD without him. Bruno Sabelli, my PhD advisor, is another person who trusted me above reasonable expectations. Witness of my childhood love for shells, he has become witness of my metamorphosis to a researcher. Last, but not least, Manuela, my wife, shared my objectives and supported me every single day despite the family challenges we had to face. Many more people helped profusely. I sincerely hope not to forget anyone. Marco Oliverio, Sabrina Macchioni, Letizia Argenti and Roberto Maltini were great SCUBA diving buddies during field activities. Betulla Morello, former researcher at ISMAR-CNR in Ancona, was my guide through the previously unexplored land of non-parametric multivariate statistics. -
(Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) —
Contr. Tert. Quatern. Geol. 32(1-3) 53-85 2 figs, 2 tabs, 6 pis. Leiden, June 1995 Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) — Part 1. Introduction and Archaeogastropoda R. Marquet Antwerp, Belgium Marquet, R. Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) — Part 1. Introduction and Archaeogastropoda. — Contr. Tert. Quatern. Geol., 32(1-3): 53-85, 2 figs, 2 tabs, 6 pis. Leiden, June 1995. Archaeogastropods from Pliocene strata exposed at Kallo, province of Oost-Vlaanderen (Belgium) are revised, and their stratigraphical and geographical occurrence discussed. Six taxa have not been described previously from the Pliocene of Belgium, viz. Emarginula rosea Bell, 1824, E. crassa crassalta Wood, 1874, Calliostoma (C.) aff. noduliferens (Wood, 1872), Gibbula (Colliculus) crassistriata (Bell in Wood, 1882), Skenea (Lissospira) basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877) and Dikoleps pusilla (Jeffreys, 1847). Calliostoma (C.) kickxii (Nyst, 1835) is considered distinct from Calliostoma (C.) zizyphinum (Linné, 1758). Gibbula (Colliculus) petala is described as new. Sections of the Kallo and their described in detail and discussed. (temporary) exposures geographical setting are Key words — Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda, Pliocene, North Sea Basin, taxonomy, stratigraphy, new species. Dr R. Marquet, Constitutiestraat 50, B-2060 Antwerpen, Belgium. Contents As early as the 1840-50s fossils were collected in the study area from sandpits exploited at Kallo and Doel, Introduction p. 53 others Dewael who amongst by (1853), published a The North Sea Basin Pliocene 54 p. species list and by Nyst, who also collected at Doel 56 Stratigraphy p. sandpit. Material 60 p. Van den Broeck (1874) and van den Broeck in Nyst 60 Systematic descriptions p. -
Composition and Structure of the Molluscan Assemblage Associated with a Cymodocea Nodosa Bed in South-Eastern Spain: Seasonal and Diel Variation
Helgol Mar Res (2012) 66:585–599 DOI 10.1007/s10152-012-0294-3 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Composition and structure of the molluscan assemblage associated with a Cymodocea nodosa bed in south-eastern Spain: seasonal and diel variation Pablo Marina • Javier Urra • Jose´ L. Rueda • Carmen Salas Received: 16 May 2011 / Revised: 20 January 2012 / Accepted: 24 January 2012 / Published online: 11 February 2012 Ó Springer-Verlag and AWI 2012 Abstract The molluscan taxocoenosis associated with a March and June. Shannon–Wiener diversity (H0) values Cymodocea nodosa seagrass bed was studied throughout were generally higher in nocturnal samples than in diurnal 1 year in Genoveses Bay, in the MPA ‘‘Parque Natural ones, displaying minimum values in December and June, Cabo de Gata-Nı´jar’’ (south-eastern Spain). A total of respectively. Evenness was similar in diurnal and nocturnal 64,824 individuals were collected and 54 species identified. samples, with maximum values in July in both groups. The molluscan fauna was mainly composed of gastropods S and H0 were also significantly different between diurnal (99.56% of individuals, 43 spp.). The families Rissoidae and nocturnal samples. Multivariate analyses based on both (72.98%, 11 spp.) and Trochidae (16.93%, 7 spp.) were the qualitative and quantitative data showed a significant sea- most abundant and diversified in terms of number of spe- sonal and diel variation. Diel changes revealed to be more cies. Rissoa monodonta (47.1% dominance), Rissoa mem- distinct than seasonal ones. branacea (25.1%) and Gibbula leucophaea (11.6%) proved the top dominant species in both diurnal and nocturnal Keywords Molluscs Á Seasonal dynamics Á Diel samples.