| Revista: | Revista brasileira de zoologia |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000281138 |
| ISSN: | 0101-8175 |
| Autores: | Arruda, Eliane P. de1 Amaral, A. Cecilia Z2 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Biociencias, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2003 |
| Periodo: | Jun |
| Volumen: | 20 |
| Número: | 2 |
| Paginación: | 291-300 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | The spatial distribution of mollusks in the intertidal zone was examined monthly from August 1995 through July 1997, in Enseada, Barra Velha and Araçá beaches in southeastern of Brazil. One study sector was selected in Enseada and Barra Velha, and two sectors in Araçá (Araçá I and Araçá II). The sectors were 10 m wide and equivalent in length to the width of the intertidal zone. Each sector was divided into three horizontal levels: lower, middle and upper, where the samples were taken with a cylinder corer with a base area of 0.16 m². In order to characterize the intertidal environment in these areas, some environmental variables were analyzed. In general, the mollusks were distributed in the sectors as follows: Enseada - Olivella minuta (Link, 1807) in the lower level and Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786) in the upper level; Araçá I - O. minuta in the lower level, Tellina lineata Turton, 1819 and Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) in the middle levels; Araçá II - Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778) in the lower level, O. minuta in the lower and middle levels, and A. brasiliana and Corbula caribaea Orbigny, 1842 in the middle level; Barra Velha - Tagelus divisus (Spengler, 1794), Lucina pectinata (Gmelin, 1791) and Tellina versicolor De Kay, 1843 in the lower level, and A. brasiliana and Macoma constricta (Brugüìere, 1792) in the upper level. The intertidal zone of the study sectors could be divided into two biological zones: the upper zone, where T. plebeius, A. brasiliana and M. constricta were more abundant; and the lower zone |
| Disciplinas: | Biología |
| Palabras clave: | Ecología, Moluscos, Distribución horizontal, Zona intermareal, Moluscos marinos, Brasil |
| Keyword: | Biology, Ecology, Molluscs, Horizontal distribution, Intertidal zone, Marine molluscs, Brazil |
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