Pablo Saenz-Arias

Universidad de Sevilla | US · Zoology

Marinas are hot spots of non-indigenous marine species (NIS). Introductions of NIS, regardless of their actual or potential impacts, can be considered as a biocontamination of the ecosystem. To characterize the biocontamination status of a marina it is important to know which habitats and major taxa can provide the most useful information. To addre...

Marinas are highly anthropized environments, with singular ecological characteristics. In the present study the spatial variability of the amphipod assemblage associated to floating pontoons was analyzed. Moreover, the influence of the environmental data and the sessile biota on the amphipod assemblage structure were assessed. Six marinas were sele...