Morphometry and areal growth cohorts of common epifaunal species on a sand bottom of the Cilician shelf (Turkey), Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Erhan MUTLU¹ 

关键词: Epifauna;    biometry;    growth cohorts;    distribution;    Cilician shelf;    Eastern Mediterranean Sea.;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Nobel Bilim ve Arasirma Merkezi/Nobel Science and Research Cente

【 摘 要 】

BiometryandgrowthcohortsofcommonepifaunacollectedmonthlywithasledgeforatwoyearperiodwasstudiedontheCilicianshelfoftheMediterraneanSea.Thedimorphismsinthelength-width-weightrelationshipswereobservedfortheepibenticfaunaduepresumablytothesexeswhereasbiometricallydimorphicrelationshipwasnotstructuredforthecommonflatfishes.Maximumnumberofgrowthcohortschangedbetween>C2(Buglossidiumluteum)and>C4(Arnoglossuslaterna)fortheflatfishes.Ninecohortscoexistedforahermitcrab,acrustaceanspecies.Threemuricid(Mollusca)specieswereclassifiedwithmaximumnumberofcohortupto>C2andthenassariidgastropodsaswell.ALesepsianbivalve,Pinctadaradiatadisplayedtwogrowthcohorts,andthreecohortsbasedondiscthicknessofaseastar(Astropectenirregularis).

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