20.500.12556/DiRROS-21760 Mollusc fauna associated with the Cystoseira algal associations in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea) Mollusc assemblages associated with Cystoseira associations were sampled in the southern part of the Gulf of Trieste during the summers of 2008 and 2012. Samples were collected by SCUBA diving in the infralittoral belt (from 1 to 4 m depth). The surface within frames of 20 x 20 cm was scraped off with sampleswere collected by hand or with an air-lift sampler. Four erected algal species were found Cystoseira barbata, C. compressa, C. corniculata and Halopithys incurva. A total of 69 species of molluscs were identified in those associations. Gastropoda were dominant, with the highest species richnessand abundance, followed bz Bivalvia and Polyplacophora. A large numberof juveniles were found, proving the importance of Cystoseira associations for mollusc recruitment. Differences in composition, structure and abundance of mollusc assemblages were found for sites dominated by different algal species, and correspond to different morphology and degree of development of canopy-forming species. The present study confirms that the dominant algal species within Cystoseira associations strongly influence, although at different levels, abundance and distribution of mollusc assemblages in the Northern Adriatic Sea. morje epibionti algalne asociacije cistozire Tržaški zaliv Jadransko morje nevretenčarji polži obrast true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-03-26 07:04:30 2025-03-26 07:04:30 2025-10-24 03:49:45 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2014 0 0 Članek v tisku - dec 2013, DOI ativiran decembra 2013; obj. online jan. 2014; str. 225-238 št. 2 vol. 15 2014 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2014-07-04 593.9 1108-393X 10.12681/mms.466 2995791 http://www.medit-mar-sc.net/index.php/marine/article/view/466/486 1 2f85ec53-0a08-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31340 RAZ_Pitacco_Valentina_2014.pdf RAZ_Pitacco_Valentina_2014.pdf 1 303B6EB8E9471C43FE129C0E220B18C5 3ee8f4e5261022e6786af9a390a03691fd2823745ad8b0f51780cdb9cc1dee12 49ea9af4-0a08-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31341 https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.466 0 506d3289-0a08-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=31342 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0