Madalena Macara Madeira

Abstract : The successions of benthic communities over time are strongly influenced by the first colonizers, because surface associations are facilitated by modifications to the adhesive properties promoted by primary colonizers, such as bacteria, protozoans, diatoms, algal propagules, spores, and invertebrate larvae. Bacteria are often the first colonizers on marine submerged surfaces, both organic (e.g., algae, seagrasses and invertebrates) and inorganic.

Open AccessInteresting Images by Henrique Couto 1,2, Madalena Macara Madeira 3, Omar Hernández Ordóñez 4, Víctor Hugo Reynoso 4 and Gonçalo M. Rosa 1,5,* 1 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal 2 Museu do Mar—Rei D.