Table 3 Changes in the surface composition of the Cala Litizia rim between 1995 and 2014 (percentage of cover established by photographic analysis). See Fig. 4 for the localization of the study areas.
From: Impact of sea level rise on the Mediterranean Lithophyllum byssoides rims
Year | Live L. byssoides (LLB) | Dead L. byssoides (DLB) | Articulated corallines and Rhodophyta (COR + RH) | Ulvo-phyceae (U) | Live crustose corallines (CC) | Holes (H) | LBRHI index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edge (mouth of the cove) | 1995 | 65.5 | 18.3 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 0.70 |
2014 | 56.5 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 20.3 | 8.3 | 0.77 | |
Upper part (mouth of the cove) | 1995 | 65.1 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 16.2 | 0.65 |
2014 | 32.1 | 28.9 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 19.3 | 0.39 | |
Right bank of the cove | 1995 | 54.4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.54 |
2014 | 28.9 | 37.5 | 3.9 | 0 | 9.2 | 20.4 | 0.38 | |
Left bank of the cove | 1995 | 47.0 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 0.47 |
2014 | 16.0 | 34.1 | 37.8 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 0.16 |
