Wittmann 1977
Wittmann 1977
WITTMANN, K. J., 1977: Modification of association and swarming in North Adriatic Mysidacea in relation to habitat and interacting species. In: B. F. KEEGAN & P. O'CEIDIGH & P. J. S. BOADEN (Eds.), Biology of Benthic Organisms. Pergamon Press, Oxford: 493-502.
The distribution of Mysidacea has been studied in Strunjan Bay and islands off Rovinj (Istria, Yugoslavia). Underwater observations were made by diving, TV, and time-lapse-camera.
Different species show a preference for certain bathymetric zones and, within a zone, occupy different substrates and distinct microhabitats or differ in period of activity, so that they are usually aggregated in monospecific swarms. Occurrence of polyspecific swarms is referable to overlapping requirements and to interaction of species.
Swarm formation is controlled by two patterns: habitational and interindividual responses. The relative influence of both patterns differs in species - this is referable to different substrate-relations.
biology; ecology; Adriatic Sea; behaviour; marine; coastal
Acanthomysis sp.; Anchialina agilis; Leptomysis apiops; Leptomysis gracilis; Leptomysis lingvura; Leptomysis mediterranea; Leptomysis sardica; Leptomysis sp.; Mesopodopsis slabberi; Mysidacea; Neomysis sp.; Siriella armata; Siriella jaltensis