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Does tropical alga Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh influence the macrozoobenthos composition?

Relationship between macrozoobenthos species in the autochthonous vegetation settlements and in the settlements infested and prevailed by tropical alga Caulerpa taxifolia, have been observed in the summer of 1998 (Starigrad Bay, Hvar Island, Adriatic Sea). Preliminary results indicate that the number of macrozoobenthic species is higher in the samples of autochthonous vegetation with C. taxifolia than in the samples without it, which is not in accordance with data from the researches in the Mediterranean, where the negative influence of C. taxifolia to biological diversity was recorded. In order to give precise answers to the question in the title, the research has been carried on.

macrozoobenthos; Caulerpa taxifolia; Adriatic Sea

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