Naslov
Nest characteristics of three labrid species in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

Autori
Lipej, Lovrenc ; Orlando-Bonaca, Martina ; Ozbek, Barbara ; Dulčić, Jakov

Izvornik
Acta Adriatica (0001-5113) 50 (2009), 2; 139-150

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Labridae ; construction of nests ; microhabitat preferences ; Gulf of Trieste ; Adriatic

Sažetak
Temperate Labrid species are nest builders with nests usually made out of plant material or detritus. During the summer 2004, 131 nests of three wrasses (Symphodus roissali, S. ocellatus and S. cinereus) were studied with SCUBA diving in the Slovenian coastal sea (Northern Adriatic) in order to compare nest parameters and microhabitat preferences among the species. For the description of the structure of each nest, algal species, benthic invertebrates and type of substrata within the nest were determined, as well as the features of each microhabitat. A redundancy analysis (RDA) was performed in order to highlight the distribution of the three species in relation to environmental variables and their preferences for different biotic and abiotic variables in the construction of nests. Labrid species resulted to be more abundant on rocky bottoms, where the Cystoseiretum barbatae association is dominant. It seems that the studied species show a preference for some microhabitats, but are building their nests using the most abundant algal material in the environment. Only S. ocellatus seems to select shrub-forming algae as the main nest-forming material.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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