Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments

Siphonaria lessoni (Blainville, 1824) is the most abundant marine gastropod in the rocky intertidal zone of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The morphology of this species was studied in 6 sites near the city of Quequén, differing in intertidal height and degree of exposure to wave action and pollu...

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Authors: Tablado, Alejandro, López Gappa, Juan José
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Publication Date:2001
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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Language:English
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spelling Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environmentsTablado, AlejandroLópez Gappa, Juan JoséARGENTINAINTERTIDALLIMPETSHAPESIPHONARIA LESSONISIZEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Siphonaria lessoni (Blainville, 1824) is the most abundant marine gastropod in the rocky intertidal zone of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The morphology of this species was studied in 6 sites near the city of Quequén, differing in intertidal height and degree of exposure to wave action and pollution. Shell length, width, height, and the distance from apex to posterior shell margin were measured, as well as the dry weight of both the shell and limpet body. A data matrix of 600 individuals (100 limpets per site) by 6 variables was analyzed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Discriminant Analysis (DA) in order to compare size and shape differences among sites. As expected, axis I of the PCA explained a very high percentage (87.7%) of total variance, and can be interpreted as a size factor. Axis II, which summarised 6.9 %, may be regarded as expressing shell shape. Limpets not exposed to wave action within Quequén Harbour showed the highest values in all variables, whereas individuals living within the Brachidontes rodriguezi (d'Orbigny, 1846) community were very small and highly variable. Limpets heavily exposed to sewage at mid intertidal levels had a subcentral shell apex and were relatively very low. Classification of individuals by DA showed that the most characteristic morphology corresponded to limpets living at mid intertidal level close to a sewage outfall, or within Quequén Harbour (94 and 97 % correct reallocations, respectively). The influence of different physical and biotic factors on the morphology of Siphonaria lessoni is discussed.Fil: Tablado, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: López Gappa, Juan José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaInstituto de Ciencias del Mar Barcelona2001-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/137057Tablado, Alejandro; López Gappa, Juan José; Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments; Instituto de Ciencias del Mar Barcelona; Scientia Marina; 65; 1; 3-2001; 33-410214-83581886-8134CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/634info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3989/scimar.2001.65n133info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2024-05-08T14:02:00Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/137057instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982024-05-08 14:02:01.05CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
title Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
spellingShingle Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
Tablado, Alejandro
ARGENTINA
INTERTIDAL
LIMPET
SHAPE
SIPHONARIA LESSONI
SIZE
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
title_short Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
title_full Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
title_fullStr Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
title_full_unstemmed Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
title_sort Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tablado, Alejandro
López Gappa, Juan José
author Tablado, Alejandro
author_facet Tablado, Alejandro
López Gappa, Juan José
author_role author
author2 López Gappa, Juan José
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARGENTINA
INTERTIDAL
LIMPET
SHAPE
SIPHONARIA LESSONI
SIZE
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
topic ARGENTINA
INTERTIDAL
LIMPET
SHAPE
SIPHONARIA LESSONI
SIZE
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
description Siphonaria lessoni (Blainville, 1824) is the most abundant marine gastropod in the rocky intertidal zone of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The morphology of this species was studied in 6 sites near the city of Quequén, differing in intertidal height and degree of exposure to wave action and pollution. Shell length, width, height, and the distance from apex to posterior shell margin were measured, as well as the dry weight of both the shell and limpet body. A data matrix of 600 individuals (100 limpets per site) by 6 variables was analyzed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Discriminant Analysis (DA) in order to compare size and shape differences among sites. As expected, axis I of the PCA explained a very high percentage (87.7%) of total variance, and can be interpreted as a size factor. Axis II, which summarised 6.9 %, may be regarded as expressing shell shape. Limpets not exposed to wave action within Quequén Harbour showed the highest values in all variables, whereas individuals living within the Brachidontes rodriguezi (d'Orbigny, 1846) community were very small and highly variable. Limpets heavily exposed to sewage at mid intertidal levels had a subcentral shell apex and were relatively very low. Classification of individuals by DA showed that the most characteristic morphology corresponded to limpets living at mid intertidal level close to a sewage outfall, or within Quequén Harbour (94 and 97 % correct reallocations, respectively). The influence of different physical and biotic factors on the morphology of Siphonaria lessoni is discussed.
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Tablado, Alejandro; López Gappa, Juan José; Morphometric diversity of the pulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessoni in different coastal environments; Instituto de Ciencias del Mar Barcelona; Scientia Marina; 65; 1; 3-2001; 33-41
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