| Title: | Factors influencing habitat selection of three cryptobenthic clingfish species in the shallow North Adriatic Sea |
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| Authors: | ID Trkov, Domen (Author)
ID Ivajnšič, Danijel (Author)
ID Kovačić, Marcelo (Author)
ID Lipej, Lovrenc (Author) |
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| Files: |  Trkov-2021-Factors_Influencing_Habitat_Selecti.pdf (4,40 MB)
MD5: 5C29B117608136062785197661390FDF
 https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9080789
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | Cryptobenthic fishes were often overlooked in the past due to their cryptic lifestyle, so knowledge of their ecology is still incomplete. One of the most poorly studied taxa of fishes in the Mediterranean Sea is clingfish. In this paper we examine the habitat preferences of three clingfish species (Lepadogaster lepadogaster, L. candolii, and Apletodon incognitus) occurring in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic). The results show that all three species have a cryptic lifestyle and are well-segregated based on their depth distribution and macro- and microhabitat preferences. L. lepadogaster inhabits shallow waters of the lower mediolittoral and upper infralittoral, where it occurs on rocky bottoms under stones. L. candolii similarly occurs in the rocky infralittoral under stones, but below the lower distribution limit of L. lepadogaster, and in seagrass meadows, where it occupies empty seashells. Such hiding places in seagrass meadows are also occupied by A. incognitus, which mostly occurs below the lower distribution limit of L. candolii. Despite the overlap of depth and macrohabitat, the probability of individuals of two species encountering each other or competing in the same habitat is low when the depth range is combined with the microhabitat preferences of these species. |
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| Keywords: | cryptobenthic fish, clingfish, habitat selection, depth distribution, Lepadogaster lepadogaster, Lepadogaster candolii, Apletodon incognitus |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 15.06.2021 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 17.07.2021 |
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| Publication date: | 22.07.2021 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1-20 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 9, št. 8, št. članka 789 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-91071  |
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| UDC: | 574 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2077-1312 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 71896579 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/jmse9080789 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 18.10.2024 |
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| Views: | 129 |
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| Downloads: | 13 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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