Zonation and Ecology of Epiphytic Hydroids in a Mediterranean Coastal Lagoon: The 'Stagnone' of Marsala (North-West Sicily) |
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| Authors: | Stefano Piraino Carla Morri |
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| Institution: | Istituto Spcrimcntalc Talassografico C. N. R. "Attilio Cerruti", via Roma 3, 1–74100 Taranto, Italy.;Istituto di Zoologia dell' Università, via Balbi 5, 1–16126 Geneva. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Distribution patterns of epiphytic hydroids of seagrass ( Posidonia occanica and Cymodocea nodosa ) beds were studied in the 'Stagnone', a moderately hypcrhaline lagoon in Sicily. The role of water movement in determining the spatial and temporal zonation of epiphytic hydroids and their morpho-physiological variations is evaluated. Remarks on systematics arc also included. |
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| Keywords: | ydroids seagrass epiphytic fauna intraspeeific morphological variability community zonation benthos lagoons southern Mediterranean |
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