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Comparative Studies on the Ecology of Asterina Gibbosa and A. Phylactica at Lough Ine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. H. Emson  and
R. G. Crump
R. H. Emson
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, King's College, Strand, London, WCR LS
R. G. Crump
Affiliation:
Orielton Field Centre, Pembroke, Dyfed
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The distributions of Asterina gibbosa and A. phylactica in the Lough Ine area are described and compared. The species are shown to have different horizontal distributions with respect to wave exposure. Clear ecological separation is demonstrated where their distributions overlap as a result of micro-habitat preferences.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 35 - 53
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1984

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