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Habitat structure shaping megabenthic communities inhabiting subtidal soft bott...
Rufino, Marta M.; Pereira, Alexandre M.; Pereira, Fabio; Moura, Paula; Vasconcelos, Paulo; Gaspar, MiguelThe present study analysed the megabenthic diversity in subtidal soft bottoms and assessed the main environmental drivers of megabenthic community organisation along the Algarve coast (southern Portugal). We tested the hypothesis that megabenthic communities respond to the same environmental drivers than macrofauna. We found that similar to macrofauna, megafaunal communities were organised in relation to the de...
Growth of the purple dye murex, Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae), mark...
Vasconcelos, Paulo; Pereira, Alexandre M.; Constantino, Rita; Barroso, Carlos M.; Gaspar, Miguel B.The present study reports the growth rate of the purple dye murex, Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae), estimated from mark-recapture experiments. A total of 1067 specimens (shell length = 43.4±8.1 mm, range = 14.6−78.4 mm) were marked with Dymo® tape tags and released in a semi-intensive fish culture earthen pond. After a period at liberty ranging from almost two months to around two years, 288 individua...