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Living coccolithophores from the Gulf of Sirte during the summer of 2008

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Citation

Bonomo S, Grelaud M, Incarbona A, Malinverno E, Placenti F, Bonanno A, Di Stefano E, Patti B, Sprovieri M, Genovese S, Rumolo P, Mazzola S, Zgozi S, Ziveri P (2012). Living coccolithophores from the Gulf of Sirte during the summer of 2008. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.816226 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-18.

Description

The Gulf of Sirte is a largely unexplored area in the southernmost Mediterranean Sea. We are presenting here 2008 summer data on the distribution pattern of living coccolithophores, a main phytoplankton calcifying group, in 105 samples from 20 stations. The survey includes coastal and offshore stations, enabling us to provide indications on the dynamics of phytoplankton productivity in relation to oceanographic processes. The total coccosphere concentrations show higher values in the offshore stations and lower ones for coastal sites. Umbellosphaera tenuis, Emiliania huxleyi, Florisphaera profunda, Syracosphaera pulchra HOL (Calyptrosphaera oblonga) and Rhabdosphaera spp. dominate the assemblages. The coccolithophore community shows the typical vertical zonation, with K-strategist taxa (among others U. tenuis, Rhabdosphaera spp. and Discosphaera tubifera) in the upper 75 meters depth and Lower Photic Zone taxa, dominated by F. profunda, below. The latter species shows its maximum development in the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum layer, which occurs in the upper part of the Levantine Intermediate Water, where the nutrient content is higher than in the overlying layers. The mesoscale oceanographic circulation significantly affects the spatial and vertical distribution of coccolithophores, with the thermocline and halocline depth shaping the vertical zonation of coccolithophore taxa and resulting in a strong lateral gradient within the gulf: in the eastern sector, under the influence of the Gulf of Sirte anticyclone, the DCM is deeper and so is the occurrence of K-strategist taxa and F. profunda.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Chromista
    rank: kingdom
  2. rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Event: MedSudMed_08_2718, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3013, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3022, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3368, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3377, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3385, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3742, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_3751, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4079, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4085, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4094, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4412, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4418, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4427, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4760, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4766, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4775, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_4784, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_5067, Mediterranean Sea ; Event: MedSudMed_08_5105, Mediterranean Sea ;

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sergio Bonomo
originator
Michaël Grelaud
originator
Alessandro Incarbona
originator
Elisa Malinverno
originator
Francesco Placenti
originator
Angelo Bonanno
originator
Enrico Di Stefano
originator
Bernardo Patti
originator
Mario Sprovieri
originator
Simona Genovese
originator
Paola Rumolo
originator
Salvatore Mazzola
originator
Salem Zgozi
originator
Patrizia Ziveri
originator
metadata author
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administrative point of contact
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