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Conference Papers Year : 2015

Defining keystone species in European regional seas: what are the candidates for the Mediterranean?

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Within the DEVOTES project a comprehensive catalogue of potential keystone species covering all the European regional seas and a wide range of habitats and biotic groups has been produced. The Mediterranean sublist included 129 species/groups with representatives from all the biological components considered in the study. The choices were mainly based on expert opinion (55%) and published work (30%), with a smaller percentage derived from models (15%). Among the potential keystone species for the Mediterranean, 55% are benthic invertebrates, 20% are macroalgae and 10% are fish. Most are engineer species (42%), the rest being habitat forming species (29%) and predators (28%).
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hal-04653609 , version 1 (19-07-2024)

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Nadia Papadopoulou, Katerina Sevastou, Christopher J. Smith, Heliana Teixeira, Chiara Piroddi, et al.. Defining keystone species in European regional seas: what are the candidates for the Mediterranean?. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries, HCMR, May 2015, Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece. pp.553-556, ⟨10.5281/zenodo.12775587⟩. ⟨hal-04653609⟩
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