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Can mineralogical features affect the distribution patterns of sessile gastropods? The Vermetidae case in the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2004

S. Schiaparelli ,
P. Guidetti  and
R. Cattaneo-Vietti
S. Schiaparelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, DipTeRis, Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy
P. Guidetti
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Zoologia e Biologia Marina, DiSTeBA, Università di Lecce, Via Provinciale Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
R. Cattaneo-Vietti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, DipTeRis, Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Abstract

Spatial distribution patterns of two sessile gastropods belonging to Vermetidae, Vermetus triquetrus and Dendropoma petraeum, were studied in June 2001 in north-eastern Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea, Italy). Density of individuals was assessed within quadrats positioned on a shallow (0·1–1 m depth) rocky substrate of different lithological types (limestone and granite), at a hierarchy of spatial scales. Density of D. petraeum is significantly greater on granite than on limestone, while V. triquetrus does not show any differences related to rock type.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 1267 - 1268
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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