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Distribution Patterns and Size–Age Composition in Aggregations of the Gastropod Mollusk Nucella heyseana in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan

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Gastropods Nucella heyseana were collected from 1999 to 2001 from different habitats in Vostok Bay (Sea of Japan). The spatial distribution, the seasonal and interannual dynamics, and the composition of aggregations of this mollusk were analyzed. In Vostok Bay, N. heyseana inhabits biotopes that are typical of this species and other members of the genus and sometimes forms aggregations with an unusually high density and biomass (up to 1690 spec/m2 and 3680 g/m2), thus exceeding 10–40 times the greatest values reported elsewhere for populations of the southern Kuril Islands and Pos'eta Bay (Sea of Japan). N. heyseana is a typical polyphagous predator, and its diet includes numerous species of the associated fauna of bivalve and gastropod mollusks (more than 30 species). The abundance, composition, and stability of local aggregations of N. heyseana are largely dependent on the abundance dynamics of its prey (primarily the most common species, such as Mytilus trossulus, Ruditapes philippinarum, Protothaca euglypta, and Littorina spp.). The opinion on the low density of N. heyseana in southern Primorye (Golikov, Kussakin, 1978) is probably based on a lack of information about the intertidal fauna of this region compared to the South Kuril Islands.

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Selin, N.I., Dolganova, A.S. Distribution Patterns and Size–Age Composition in Aggregations of the Gastropod Mollusk Nucella heyseana in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 29, 348–357 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUMB.0000011701.18028.d0

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