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The Distribution of Amphipoda in a Brackish‐Water Lagoon in Greece
Author(s) -
Nicolaidou Artemis,
Karakiri Maria
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
marine ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1439-0485
pISSN - 0173-9565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1989.tb00070.x
Subject(s) - amphipoda , brackish water , benthic zone , bay , interspecific competition , gammarus , ecology , oceanography , fishery , littoral zone , environmental science , biology , crustacean , geology , salinity
. The distribution of the benthic Amphipoda was studied in the brackish‐water lagoon Mazoma of Amvrakikos Bay, Ionian Sea, Greece. Eleven amphipod species typical of the sublittoral zone, some with preference for enclosed bays and lagoons, were identified. Gammarus crinicornis, Microdeutopus bifidus, C. rotundirostris , and Erichthonius difformis are mentioned for the first time for Greek waters. The distribution of amphipods in the lagoon is governed by the vegetation and is probably modified by interspecific relations.