Volume 7, Issue 2 pp. 123-150
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Zonation and Evolution of a Rocky Bottom Hydroid Community*

FERDINANDO BOERO

FERDINANDO BOERO

Istituto di Zoologia del'Universita di Genova, Via Balbi 5, 1–16126 Genova, Italy.

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EUGENIO FRESI

EUGENIO FRESI

Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos, Punta S. Pietro 1, 1–80077 Ischia Porto (Napoli), Italy.

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First published: June 1986
Citations: 83

*Work carried out within the framework of the finalized project “Oceanografia e Fondi Marini” of the C. N. R.

Abstract

Abstract. .The distribution in space and time of a hydroid community on a vertical rocky substratum is studied from the surface to 20 m depth. The role of the major environmental factors (light, water movement, temperature) in determining the zonation is evaluated. The results are compared with the main zonation models of Mediterranean benthos. The autecology of the collected species is briefly described.

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