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Abundance distribution patterns of intertidal bivalves Macoma balthica and Cerastoderma edule at the Murman coast tidal flats (the Barents Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2015

Sophia A. Nazarova Open the ORCID record for Sophia A. Nazarova [Opens in a new window] ,
Ksenia Shunkina  and
Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy Open the ORCID record for Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy [Opens in a new window]
Sophia A. Nazarova*
Affiliation:
Department of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology, St-Petersburg State University, 16 line V.O., 29, St-Petersburg, 199178, Russia Department of Zoology, Russian State Pedagogical University, Moyka emb., 48, St-Petersburg, 191186, Russia
Ksenia Shunkina
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Evolutionary Morphology, Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya emb., 1, St-Petersburg, 199034, Russia
Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy
Affiliation:
Department of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology, St-Petersburg State University, 16 line V.O., 29, St-Petersburg, 199178, Russia
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Correspondence should be addressed to: S.A. Nazarova, Ichthyology and Hydrobiology, St-Petersburg State University, 16 line V.O., 29, St-Petersburg, 199178, Russian Federation email: sophia.nazarova@gmail.com
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Abstract

Density distribution of the common infaunal bivalves, Macoma balthica and Cerastoderma edule, was studied along the Murman Coast of the Barents Sea during 2002–2010. In both species, abundance was generally higher in West Murman in contrast to East Murman. Highest density of Macoma balthica reaching 1535 ind. m−2 was observed in the Kola Inlet. Cerastoderma edule was less abundant; its density rarely exceeded 10 ind. m−2 in all but one site, where 282 ind. m−2 was registered. Reconstruction of abundance distribution across the European geographic range of Macoma balthica revealed that it does not match an ‘abundant-centre’ pattern, having features of ramped north. On the other hand, distribution of Cerastoderma edule abundance across the range generally follows an ‘abundant-centre’ pattern but southern edge populations show relatively higher abundances as compared with those at the north edge (the Barents Sea).

Keywords

Cerastoderma edulecockleMacoma balthicaBarents Seageographic abundance distributionlatitudinal variationspecies ranges
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 8 , December 2015 , pp. 1613 - 1620
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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