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Mill, PJ, Clarke, AP, Smith, DC, Grahame, J and Wilding, CS (2001) Lagoonal littorinids: Shell shape and speciation. JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH, 20 (1). pp. 469-475. ISSN 0730-8000
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Abstract
Variables related to shell shape have been measured in littorinids from brackish lagoons and coastal sites. After removal of size related effects, the data were analyzed using multivariate techniques. On Canonical Variate 1 there was good separation of the shells of the lagoonal animals from those of animals from the coast and a tidal lagoon. The former, for example, had lighter, and therefore thinner, shells for any given shell size and a smaller jugosity of the aperture lip. The lagoonal shells from Golam Head and the coastal animals from Robin Hood's Bay could each be separated clearly from the other samples. Although there are clear morphometric differences in the shells, it is not possible without appropriate breeding experiments to raise the lagoonal animals from L. saxatilis var. lagunae (L. tenebrosa) to species status. The importance of conserving lagoonal habitats is considered in terms of the preservation of biodiversity
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0608 Zoology |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | National Shellfisheries Association |
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| Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2016 14:11 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2022 08:58 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2709 |
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