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1 Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Report on task Task title: Elaboration of macrophytes layer of the Polish marine areas The main contractor: Maritime Institute in Gdańsk Gdańsk, March 2008

2 Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 2 Basing on the archival data obtained in other research projects, the macrophytes occurrence and structure was elaborated for the investigated Polish marine areas: 1. Boulder area in the north-western Słupsk Bank, 2. Boulder area in the coastal zone off Rowy locality, 3. The r Puck Bay, 4. Coastal zone of the outer Puck Bay; from Cape to Hel (0-10 m depth), 5. Coastal zone of the Orłowo cliff area (0-10 m depth), Dates of sample collections and sampling stations characteristics are shown in table 1. Geographical coordinates of sampling stations in Orłowo cliff coastal waters were not mentioned by the author of the study (Kowalczuk 1996). Table 1. Characteristics of macrophytes sampling stations in the Polish marine areas Region/date/author Rowy boulder area, August 2005 (Osowiecki & Kruk- Dowgiałło 2006) Słupsk Bank boulder area, July 1999 (Andrulewicz et. al. 2004) Inner Puck Bay, June 1996 (Kruk-Dowgiałło 2000) Outer Puck Bay, July- September 1999, (Kruk- Dowgiałło 2000) Sampling Geographical coordinates Nr station Depth [m] N E code 1. A 54º º ,4 2. B 54º º ,9 3. C 54º º ,8 4. D 54º º ,9 5. E 54º º ,5 6. F 54º º , º º º º , 13, º º , 13, 16, º º , IV/1 54º º ,5, 10, 11, º º , º º , º º º º , º º º º º º º º , º 45, º º º 30, , º º , º 39, º , º º , º º , º º , º º , º º , º º , º º º º , º º , º º , º º º º , º º , º º º º º º

3 Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 3 Outer Puck Bay, Orłowo cliff, September 1993, (Kowalczuk 1996) º º I1 54º º I3 54º 41, º I5 54º º ,6 8. I0 54º º º º º º º º º º IV/1 54º º IV/3 54º º IV/5 54º º IV/10 54º º ,5 17. V/1 54º º V1 54º º V3 54º º V5 54º º V10 54º º º º , º º , º º º º , º º , º º , º º , º º & º º ,4 & º º & º º ,4 & 1 35 & º º ,4 & 1 37 & º º ,4 & 1 39 & º º ,4 & º º & º º ,4 & 1 44 & º º ,4 & , , , , , , , , , , , ,

4 Słupsk Bank Rowy OrłowoCliff the r Puck Bay the outer Puck Bay Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 4 Altogether, 38 species of macrophytes were identified in the studied areas. Number of species varied from 6 in the Rowy boulder area to 22 found in Długa and Bórzyńska Shoals along the Hel Peninsula (in the coastal zone of the outer Puck Bay). Biological diversity (number of species) of the Słupsk Bank and Orłowo cliff boulder bottoms was similar (table 2). Table 2. Species composition of macroalgae in the boulder bottoms of Słupsk Bank (1) Andrulewicz et. al. (2004), Rowy (2) Osowiecki & Kruk-Dowgiałło (2006), Orłowo Cliff (3) Kowalczuk (1996) and species composition of macrophytes in the r and outer Puck Bay (4) Kruk-Dowgiałło (2000) Boulder Rock bottom Nr Taxon Author (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) Chlorophyceae 1 Chaetomorpha linum (O. F. Müll.) Kütz Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz Cladophora sericea (Huds.) Kütz. 4 Enteromorpha intestinalis Link Enteromorpha clathrata Grev. 6 Enteromorpha prolifera J. Agardh Enteromorpha linza (L.) J. Agardh. + 8 Rhizoclonium implexum (Dillwyn) Kütz Ulotrix zonata Kütz Ulotrix flacca Tur. in LeJol. + Charophyceae 11 Chara baltica Bruzelius Tolypella nidifica (O. F. Müll.) A. Braun. + + Fucophyceae 13 Pilayella littoralis Kjellm Ectocarpus siliculosus Dillw Pseudolithoderma extensum S. Lund + 16 Sphacelaria cirrosa C. Agardh Fucus vesiculosus L Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus (Huds.) Grev. + Bangiophyceae 19 Ceramium tenuicorne (Kütz.) Waern Ceramium nodulosum (Lightf.) Ducluz Ceramium diaphanum (Lightf.) Roth Delesseria sanguinea (Huds.) J.V.Lamour + 23 Furcellaria lumbricalis (Huds.) J.V. Lamour Coccotylus truncatus M.J. Wynne & J.M. Heine Rhodomela confervoides (Huds.) Grev Polysiphonia fucoides (Huds.) Grev Polysiphonia elongata Spreng + 28 Ahnfeltia plicata (Huds.) Grev Hildenbrandia rubra (Sommerf) Menegh. + + Angiospermae 30 Ruppia maritima L Ranunculus baudotii Godr Ceratophyllum demersum L Zostera marina L Zannichellia palustris L Potamogeton pectinatus L. + +

5 Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 5 36 Potamogeton filiformis Pers Potamogeton perfoliatus L Myriophyllum spicatum L. + + taxa Σ The distribution of Angiospermae species dominating in biomass in the outer and r Puck Bay are shown in Fig. 1 and 2. Data on biomass and species composition was submitted to the Habitat Mapping Environmental Database. Due to insufficient number of sampling stations, the distribution of macroalgae in the boulder areas of Słupsk Bank and Rowy were not determined. Bigger number of sampling stations were investigated in the coastal zone of the Orłowo cliff, however, they covered a part of the boulder bottoms. As a consequence, figures 3-5 show location of sampling stations and biomass dominance structure exclusively.

6 Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 6 Władysławowo A Władysławowo B Puck Puck Władysławowo C Myriophyllum spicatum 9% Potamogeton spp. 6% 5% Pilayella littoralis 26% Zannichellia palustris 39% Zostera marina 15% Puck Fig. 1 Biomass structure and distribution of underwater meadows: A Zostera marina, B Potamogeton spp. and Zannichellia palustris in the r Puck Bay in 1996 (Kruk-Dowgiałło 2000)

7 Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 7 A B Jastarnia Jastarnia Jurata Jurata Mechelinki Hel Mechelinki Hel C Chlorophyceae 8% 8% Pilayella littoralis 26% Jastarnia Jurata Zannichellia palustris 6% Zostera marina 24% Potamogeton spp. 28% Mechelinki Hel Fig. 2 Biomass structure and distribution of underwater meadows: A Zostera marina, B Potamogeton spp. and Zannichellia palustris in the outer Puck Bay in 1999 (Kruk-Dowgiałło 2000)

8 H [m] Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 8 Morze Bałtyckie 8% Furcellaria lumbricalis 10% B Polysiphonia fucoides 82% E F A C D Research G Area H Fig. 3 Biomass structure of macroalgae in the Rowy boulder area in 2005 (Osowiecki & Kruk- Dowgiałło 2006) Ławica Słupska profile 10 IV/ IV/ IV/ I I 4 I Rhodomela confervoides 7% Stanowiska Furcellaria badawcze lumbricalis TV, dokumentacja foto i video 27% TV, dokumentacja foto, video i pobór Ceramium prób przez spp. nurków 17% 2% Pilayella littoralis 33% Polysiphonia fucoides 14% Fig. 4 Biomass structure of macroalgae in the Słupsk Bank boulder area in 1999 (Andrulewicz et. al. 2004)

9 5m Ecosystem approach to marine spatial planning Polish marine areas and the Natura 2000 network Page 9 5m Rhodomela confervoides 6% Cladophora glomerata 8% Polysiphonia fucoides 24% Furcellaria lumbricalis 5% 4% Ceramium spp. 53% Gdynia Orłowo 5m Klif Orłowski 1 km Fig. 5 Biomass structure of macroalgae of the Orłowo cliff boulder area (the outer Puck Bay) (Kowalczuk 1996)

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