Bathymetric distribution and temporal trends in the soft – bottom macrobenthic community on the continental shelf of Heraklion Bay, Crete (Greece)

Eleni Koumpaki1, Maria Maidanou2, Georgios Chatzigeorgiou2, Christos Arvanitidis Sr3, Costas Dounas4 and Panayota Koulouri5, (1)Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Herakleion, Greece, (2)Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Heraklion, Greece, (3)LifeWatch ERIC, Sevilla, Spain, (4)Artificial Reef Innovative Applications (ARIA), Heraklion, Greece, (5)Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Heraklion, Greece