Identification of benthic habitat types of the Canakkale Strait coast using the European Nature Information System and the Barcelona Convention habitat classification schemes

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dc.contributor.authorTekeli, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorAslan, Herdem
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:24:21Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:24:21Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe Canakkale Strait is important in terms of its location within the Turkish Straits System and its biodiversity. Since it is a Special Environmental Protection Area (SEPA), it is important to determine the existing habitat types. Although the use of European Nature Information System (EUNIS) and Barcelona Convention (BC) habitat classification systems in marine habitat studies has just begun in T & uuml;rkiye, studies using these systems have been carried out inAnumerous countries over many years. This study aimed to identify habitat types in the supra-, medio- and upper infralittoral (d own to 0.5 m depth) zones of the Canakkale Strait, in accordance with the EUNIS and the BC classifications. The SACFOR abundance scale was applied to zoo- and phytobenthic species in determining these habitat types. Field studies were carried out in soft and hard substrate areas at 16 stations between May and August 2019. AFourteen marine benthic habitat types have been determined using EUNIS and 12 using the BC systems from rock, biogenic, coarse and sand sediment types. No statistically significant difference (p > 0.05) Awas found between the benthic marine habitat types determined for the supra- and upper infralittoral zones according to BC and EUNIS. On the contrary, in the mediolittoral zone, a statistically low significant difference was found between habitat types for both habitat classification systems (R = 0.318, p = 0.004 for EUNIS; R = 0.514, p = 0.001 for BC). In this study, the differences and similarities of habitat types in defined EUNIS and BC systems are discussed. The EUNIS habitat classification system was found to be more representative than BC of the studied area, but both classification systems were found to be insufficient for the Eastern Mediterranean littoral communities and aAnew habitat hierarchy is needed. We present this study as a paradigm for future application to marine habitat studies to be carried out in Turkish waters.
dc.description.sponsorshipanakkale Onsekiz Mart University The Scientific Research Coordination Unit [FYL-2019-304]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study was supported by the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University The Scientific Research Coordination Unit with project number FYL-2019-304.
dc.identifier.doi10.23902/trkjnat.1471425
dc.identifier.endpage150
dc.identifier.issn2528-9691
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85208187341
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage133
dc.identifier.trdizinid1273259
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.1471425
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1273259
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/22177
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001352667200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTrakya Univ Balkan Yerlesesi Enstituler Binasi
dc.relation.ispartofTrakya University Journal of Natural Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectEUNIS
dc.subjectBarcelona Convention
dc.subjectBenthic habitat classification
dc.subjectTurkish Straits System
dc.subjectCanakkale Strait
dc.titleIdentification of benthic habitat types of the Canakkale Strait coast using the European Nature Information System and the Barcelona Convention habitat classification schemes
dc.typeArticle

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