@article {1582,
	title = {Diversity and taxonomy of intertidal Bryozoa (Cheilostomata) at Akkeshi Bay, Hokkaido, Japan},
	journal = {Journal of Natural History},
	volume = {41},
	number = {17-20},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 189CVTimes Cited: 4Cited Reference Count: 193Grischenko, Andrei V. Dick, Matthew H. Mawatari, Shunsuke F.Taylor \& francis ltdAbingdon},
	pages = {1047-1161},
	type = {Review},
	abstract = {We found 39 cheilostome species among more than 7000 specimens collected at 10 intertidal sites in rocky habitats along the shore of Akkeshi Bay, eastern Hokkaido Island, Japan. These species are herein described in detail and illustrated by scanning electron microscopy. Nine species (23\% of total) are described as new (Electra asiatica, Callopora sarae, Conopeum nakanosum, Cauloramphus cryptoarmatus, Cauloramphus multispinosus, Cauloramphus niger, Stomachetosella decorata, Microporella luellae, and Celleporina minima), and 21 species (54\%) are reported for the first time from Japan. Species richness ranged from eight to 29 species per study site. A TWINSPAN analysis showed the species fell into nine groups defined by the local pattern of distribution. A cluster analysis of study sites based on similarity of species composition showed three faunistic groups distributed geographically: in Akkeshi Lake, along the eastern-central shore of the bay, and at the mouth of the bay. Species richness in estuarine Akkeshi Lake was low, with a species composition very different from the outer bay. Most cheilostomes were found on rock and shell substrata, but uncommonly occurred on concrete walls, algae, hydroids, tubes of polychaetes, other bryozoans, and anthropogenic debris. Of the 39 species found, 33 (85\%) contained embryos during the collecting periods, 2-7 June and 3-6 July 2004. The biogeographical composition of intertidal cheilostomes at Akkeshi Bay included species with Arctic-Boreal (28\%), Boreal (59\%), and Boreal-Subtropical (13\%) distributions. The overall species richness of intertidal cheilostomes was two-thirds that documented intertidally in a comparable study at Kodiak, Alaska, a locality 15 degrees higher in latitude. We attribute the lower richness at Akkeshi to differences in the nearshore marine environment between the two localities.},
	keywords = {biodiversity, biogeography, bryozoa, Cheilostomata, genus, intertidal, islands, new, species, species richness, taxonomy},
	isbn = {0022-2933},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000247967500005},
	author = {Grischenko, A. V. and Dick, M. H. and Mawatari, S. F.}
}
@article {1440,
	title = {Regional and temporal changes in epizoobiontic bryozoan-communities of Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758) and implications for North Sea ecology},
	journal = {Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {91},
	number = {3},
	year = {2011},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 720ORTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 53Bitschofsky, F. Forster, S. Scholz, J.Leibniz Institut for Baltic Research Warnemunde ; University of Rostock ; Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg ; Loewe-Institut ; Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE) of the Federal State of Hessen ; Senckenberg Nature Research Society (SGN) ; Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (GU)This work was only possible with the help of curators who made collected material available to us. We thank the curators: Dr. Dirk Brandis (Zoological Museum, Kiel), Dr. Carsten Later (Natural History Museum, Berlin), PD Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Rhesa (Zoological Museum, Hamburg) and their staff for providing this material. Further thanks go to Rainer Bahlo and the Leibniz Institut for Baltic Research Warnemunde for their support at the SEM, and to Professor Roger Cuffey (Pennsylvania State University) and two anonymous reviewers for reading and commenting on the manuscript and correcting the English. This research was supported by the University of Rostock, the Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg and the Loewe-Institut. This is a contribution by the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) supported by the Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE) of the Federal State of Hessen, the Senckenberg Nature Research Society (SGN), and Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (GU).Academic press ltd- elsevier science ltdLondon},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {423-433},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Until recently, bryozoans have not been used as indicators for changes in bottom communities or climate control in the North Sea Basin, despite a 200-year history of bryozoan collecting. The epizoobiontic bryozoan fauna of Flustra foliacea (Linnaeus, 1758) was analysed on 51 sample stations kept in four German museums. The samples cover the entire North Sea and different time periods (1776-2008, mainly the period of 1904/1905 compared to 1980-87). Cluster analysis shows a differentiation into a northern and a southern North Sea assemblage. The northern assemblage is characterized by Amphiblestrum flemingii (Busk, 1854), Callopora dumerilii (Audouin, 1826) and Tricellaria ternata (Ellis \& Solander, 1786), while the southern North Sea is characterized by Electra pilosa (Linnaeus, 1767), Crisia eburnea (Linnaeus, 1758) and Plagioecia patina (Lamarck, 1816). Spatial separation approximately follows the 50 m depth contour. The temporal distribution patterns of bryozoans are discussed in terms of NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) and temperature variations. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {biogeography, bryozoa, diversity, epibiosis, fauna, Flustra foliacea, invertebrates, North Sea, species diversity},
	isbn = {0272-7714},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000287290500009},
	author = {Bitschofsky, F. and Forster, S. and Scholz, J.}
}
