Temporal dynamics of gastropod fauna on subtidal sandy sediments of the Ensenada de Baiona (NW Iberian Peninsula)

• Published in: Helgoland Marine Research
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
• Subjects: Gastropoda; Sediment; Subtidal; Dynamics; Ensenada de Baiona; Iberian Peninsula; Atlantic Ocean; Patagonia; Rua; Aldea; Troncoso; Bulnes; antartic*; Dogwhelk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/48503; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-009-0186-3

Abstract The temporal variation of the gastropod fauna inhabiting sandy sediments of the Ensenada de Baiona (Galicia, Spain) was studied at three subtidal sites from February 1996 to February 1997 by means of quantitative sampling. A total of 5,463 individuals representing 51 gastropod species and 2...