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Interspecific differences in habitat selection of syngnathids in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal

dc.contributor.authorMueller, Carolin
dc.contributor.authorErzini, K
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-20T15:07:40Z
dc.date.available2019-11-20T15:07:40Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.description.abstractInterspecific patterns of local population abundances and differences in habitat preference of two sea grass resident pipefish species of the genus Syngnathus were investigated in a semi-protected lagoon system in Southern Portugal. The results of the combination of field surveys across different seagrass meadows and laboratory habitat choice experiments between May and September 2014 demonstrate that the pipefish population structure in a single-species meadow composed of Zostera noltei differed significantly from the ones in a single-species meadow of Cymodocea nodosa and a mixed meadow of both seagrasses. In addition, the two most abundant pipefish species, Syngnathus typhle and Syngnathus abaster, showed interspecific and intersexual differences in habitat selection both on a macro- and a microhabitat scale in laboratory experiments. The study suggests that in addition to the investigated structural characteristics of sea grasses (i.e. shoot length and density), other factors such as flow velocity may influence habitat selection of syngnathids. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipnational funds through FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology project [CCMAR/Multi/04326/2013]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecss.2017.03.022
dc.identifier.issn0272-7714
dc.identifier.issn1096-0015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13158
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherAcademic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.subjectPopulation-Dynamics
dc.subjectCymodocea-Nodosa
dc.subjectFish Assemblages
dc.subjectZostera-Noltii
dc.subjectCoastal Lagoon
dc.subjectAbaster Risso
dc.subjectPipefish
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectTyphle
dc.subjectTemperature
dc.titleInterspecific differences in habitat selection of syngnathids in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage242
oaire.citation.startPage235
oaire.citation.titleEstuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
oaire.citation.volume189
person.familyNameErzini
person.givenNameKarim
person.identifier.ciencia-idD917-7133-341A
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1411-0126
person.identifier.ridM-5216-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7004015948
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