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detritus. Mysids are generally mixed feeders and
in coastal areas utilize organic detritus to a considerable extent as a food source (Mauchline
1980). It is possible, therefore, that in the
Stagnone, where a large amount of unconsumed
organic matter is deposited on the bottom
(Pusceddu 1999), mysids mobilize the organic
particles, being involved in a short food chain:
organic detritus - mysid-fish (Vaccaro 1998).
Acknowledgements. We would like to thank Prof. Giuseppe
Costanzo and Dr. Nunzio Crescenti of the Department of
Animal Biology and Marine Ecology, University of Messina,
and Prof. Antonio Ariani (Department of Zoology,
University of Naples) for their collaboration in taxonomic
identification.
References
ArianiAP (1966) Su una forma di Diamysis bahirensis (G.o.Sars)
rinvenuta in territorio pugliese. Boll di Zool 33: 227 -229
Ariani AP (1967) Osservazione su Misidacei della costa adrlatica
pugliese. Ann 1st Mus Zool Univ Napoli 18(5): 1-38
Ariani AP, Spagnuolo G (1975) Ricerche sulla misidiofauna del
Parco di Santa Maria di Castellabate (Salerno) con
descrizione di una nueva specie di Siriella. Bull Soc Nat
Napoli 84: 441-481
Campoimi M, Franzoi P, Mazzola A (1996) Observations on
pipettsh (Syngnathidae) biology in the Stagnone Lagoon
(North-West Sicily). Publ Espec Inst Esp Oceanogr 21: 205209
Carleton JH, Hammer WM (1989) Resident mysids: community
structure, abundance and small-scaledistn"butions in a
coral reef lagoon. Mar Bioi 102: 461-472
Clutter RI (1967) Zonation of nearshore mysids. Ecology 48: 200208
Clutter RI (1969) The microdistribution and social behaviour of
some pelagic mysids shrimps. J Exp Mar BioI Ecol3: 125-155
Colosi G (1929) I Misidacei del Golfo di Napoli. Pubbl Staz Zool
Napoli 9(3): 405-441
Cuzin-Roudy J, Tthernigovtzeff C (1985) Chronology of the
female moult cycle in Siriella armata M. Edw. (Crustacea:
Mysidacea) based on marsupial development. J Crust BioI
5(1): 1-14
Emery AR (1968) Preliminary observations on coral reef plankton. Limnol Ocean 13: 293-303
Furnestin ML (1959) Mysidaces du plancton marocain. Rev Trav
lnst Peches Merit 23: 297-316
Genovese S (1956a) Su due Misidacei dei laghi di Ganzirri e di
Paro (Messina). Boll 200123(2): 117-197
Genovese S (1956b) Analisi biometrica di una popolazione di
Siriella clauan (M ysidacea, Siriellinae) vivente nel lago di
Faro. Boll Pesca Pisek Idrobiolll: 246-263
Genovese S (1963) Osservazioni preliminari sullo zooplancton
degli stagni salmastri di Ganzirri e di Faro. Ar(;h Bot
Biogeogr ltal39: 111-114
La Rosa T, Lopiano L, Sara G, Mazzola A (1997) Osservazioni sulla
dieta di forme giovanili di Mullus surmuletus (Linneo, 1758)
nello Stagnone di Marsala (Sicilia occidentale). BioI Mar
Mediterr 4(1): 530-532
Mauchline J (1970) The biology of Mysidopsis gibbosa, M. didelphis and M. angusta (Crustacea: Mysidacea). J Mar BioI
ABsoc UK 50: 381-396
Mauchline r (1971) Seasonal occurrence of mysids (Crustacea)
and evidence of social behaviour. J Mar Bioi Assoc UK 51:
809-825
Mauchline J (1980) The biology of Mysids. Adv Mar Bioll8: 1-369
Mees J, Cattrijsse A, Hamerlynck 0 (1993) Distribution and abundance of shallow-water hyperbenthic mysids (Crustacea,
Mysidacea) and euphasiids (Crustacea, Euphasiacea) in the
Voordelta and the Westerschelde, southwest Netherlands.
Cab BioI Mar 34: 165-186
Omori M, Hamner WM (l982) Patchy distribution of zooplankton: behaviour, population assessment and sampling problems. Mar Bioi 72: 193-200
Pusceddu A, Sara G, Armeni M, Fabiano M, Mazzola A (1999)
Seasonal and spatial changes in the sediment organic matter
of a semi-enclosed marine system (W-Mediterranean Sea).
Hydrobiologia 397: 59-70
Quignard IP (1984) Les caractb'istiques biologiques et environementales des lagunes en tant que base biologique de I'amenagement des pecheries. FAO-GFCM Etud Rev 61(1): 3-38
Scilipoti D (1998) Studio della comunita ittica residente alllinterno dello Stagnone di Marsala (Sicilia occidentale): distribuzione delle specie e ripartizione delle risorse in dipendenza di habitat a diversa complessita strutturale. PhD thesis, Sci Amh Univ Messina
Tattersall WM, Tattersall OS (1951) The British Mysidacea. The
Ray Soc, London, p 460
Turpen S, Hunt J, Anderson BS, Pearse IS (1994) Population structure, growth and fecundity of the kelp forest mysid
Holmesirnysis costata in Monterey Bay, California. J Crust
Bioi 14(4): 657-664
Vaccaro AM (1998) Distribuzione di Misidacei (Crustacea,
Malacostraca) nello Stagnone di Marsala. Graduation thesis,
Bioi Sc, University of Palermo
Van der Baan SN, Holthuis LB (1971) Seasonal occurrence of
Mysidacea in the plankton of the southern North Sea near
the "Texel" lightship. Neth J Sea Res 5(2): 227-239
Webb p. Wooldridge TH (1990) Die! horizontal migration of
Mesopodopsis slabbed (Crustacea: Mys.idacea) in Algo Bay,
southern Africa. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 62; 73-77
Williams R, Collins NR (1984) Distribution and variability in
abundance of Shistomysis spiritus (Crustacea: Mysidacea)
in the Bristol Channel in relation to environmental variables, with comments on other mysids. Mar Bioi 80; 197-206
Wittmann KJ (1977) Modification of association and swarming in
north Adriatic Mysidacea in relation to habitat and interacting species. In: Keegan BF, Ceidigh PO, Boaden PJS (eds),
Biology of benthic organism. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp
605-612
Wittman KJ (1984) Effects of size and ambient conditions on
development and reproduction. Oceanogr Mar Bioi Annu
Rev 22: 394-428
Wooldridge TH (1989) The spatial and temporal distribution of
mysid shrimps and phytoplankton accumulations in a high
energy surfzone. Vie Milieu 39(3/4): 127-133
M. Campolmi et aL
detritus. Mysids are generally mixed feeders and
in coastal areas utilize organic detritus to a considerable extent as a food source (Mauchline
1980). It is possible, therefore, that in the
Stagnone, where a large amount of unconsumed
organic matter is deposited on the bottom
(Pusceddu 1999), mysids mobilize the organic
particles, being involved in a short food chain:
organic detritus - mysid-fish (Vaccaro 1998).
Acknowledgements. We would like to thank Prof. Giuseppe
Costanzo and Dr. Nunzio Crescenti of the Department of
Animal Biology and Marine Ecology, University of Messina,
and Prof. Antonio Ariani (Department of Zoology,
University of Naples) for their collaboration in taxonomic
identification.
References
ArianiAP (1966) Su una forma di Diamysis bahirensis (G.o.Sars)
rinvenuta in territorio pugliese. Boll di Zool 33: 227 -229
Ariani AP (1967) Osservazione su Misidacei della costa adrlatica
pugliese. Ann 1st Mus Zool Univ Napoli 18(5): 1-38
Ariani AP, Spagnuolo G (1975) Ricerche sulla misidiofauna del
Parco di Santa Maria di Castellabate (Salerno) con
descrizione di una nueva specie di Siriella. Bull Soc Nat
Napoli 84: 441-481
Campoimi M, Franzoi P, Mazzola A (1996) Observations on
pipettsh (Syngnathidae) biology in the Stagnone Lagoon
(North-West Sicily). Publ Espec Inst Esp Oceanogr 21: 205209
Carleton JH, Hammer WM (1989) Resident mysids: community
structure, abundance and small-scaledistn"butions in a
coral reef lagoon. Mar Bioi 102: 461-472
Clutter RI (1967) Zonation of nearshore mysids. Ecology 48: 200208
Clutter RI (1969) The microdistribution and social behaviour of
some pelagic mysids shrimps. J Exp Mar BioI Ecol3: 125-155
Colosi G (1929) I Misidacei del Golfo di Napoli. Pubbl Staz Zool
Napoli 9(3): 405-441
Cuzin-Roudy J, Tthernigovtzeff C (1985) Chronology of the
female moult cycle in Siriella armata M. Edw. (Crustacea:
Mysidacea) based on marsupial development. J Crust BioI
5(1): 1-14
Emery AR (1968) Preliminary observations on coral reef plankton. Limnol Ocean 13: 293-303
Furnestin ML (1959) Mysidaces du plancton marocain. Rev Trav
lnst Peches Merit 23: 297-316
Genovese S (1956a) Su due Misidacei dei laghi di Ganzirri e di
Paro (Messina). Boll 200123(2): 117-197
Genovese S (1956b) Analisi biometrica di una popolazione di
Siriella clauan (M ysidacea, Siriellinae) vivente nel lago di
Faro. Boll Pesca Pisek Idrobiolll: 246-263
Genovese S (1963) Osservazioni preliminari sullo zooplancton
degli stagni salmastri di Ganzirri e di Faro. Ar(;h Bot
Biogeogr ltal39: 111-114
La Rosa T, Lopiano L, Sara G, Mazzola A (1997) Osservazioni sulla
dieta di forme giovanili di Mullus surmuletus (Linneo, 1758)
nello Stagnone di Marsala (Sicilia occidentale). BioI Mar
Mediterr 4(1): 530-532
Mauchline J (1970) The biology of Mysidopsis gibbosa, M. didelphis and M. angusta (Crustacea: Mysidacea). J Mar BioI
ABsoc UK 50: 381-396
Mauchline r (1971) Seasonal occurrence of mysids (Crustacea)
and evidence of social behaviour. J Mar Bioi Assoc UK 51:
809-825
Mauchline J (1980) The biology of Mysids. Adv Mar Bioll8: 1-369
Mees J, Cattrijsse A, Hamerlynck 0 (1993) Distribution and abundance of shallow-water hyperbenthic mysids (Crustacea,
Mysidacea) and euphasiids (Crustacea, Euphasiacea) in the
Voordelta and the Westerschelde, southwest Netherlands.
Cab BioI Mar 34: 165-186
Omori M, Hamner WM (l982) Patchy distribution of zooplankton: behaviour, population assessment and sampling problems. Mar Bioi 72: 193-200
Pusceddu A, Sara G, Armeni M, Fabiano M, Mazzola A (1999)
Seasonal and spatial changes in the sediment organic matter
of a semi-enclosed marine system (W-Mediterranean Sea).
Hydrobiologia 397: 59-70
Quignard IP (1984) Les caractb'istiques biologiques et environementales des lagunes en tant que base biologique de I'amenagement des pecheries. FAO-GFCM Etud Rev 61(1): 3-38
Scilipoti D (1998) Studio della comunita ittica residente alllinterno dello Stagnone di Marsala (Sicilia occidentale): distribuzione delle specie e ripartizione delle risorse in dipendenza di habitat a diversa complessita strutturale. PhD thesis, Sci Amh Univ Messina
Tattersall WM, Tattersall OS (1951) The British Mysidacea. The
Ray Soc, London, p 460
Turpen S, Hunt J, Anderson BS, Pearse IS (1994) Population structure, growth and fecundity of the kelp forest mysid
Holmesirnysis costata in Monterey Bay, California. J Crust
Bioi 14(4): 657-664
Vaccaro AM (1998) Distribuzione di Misidacei (Crustacea,
Malacostraca) nello Stagnone di Marsala. Graduation thesis,
Bioi Sc, University of Palermo
Van der Baan SN, Holthuis LB (1971) Seasonal occurrence of
Mysidacea in the plankton of the southern North Sea near
the "Texel" lightship. Neth J Sea Res 5(2): 227-239
Webb p. Wooldridge TH (1990) Die! horizontal migration of
Mesopodopsis slabbed (Crustacea: Mys.idacea) in Algo Bay,
southern Africa. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 62; 73-77
Williams R, Collins NR (1984) Distribution and variability in
abundance of Shistomysis spiritus (Crustacea: Mysidacea)
in the Bristol Channel in relation to environmental variables, with comments on other mysids. Mar Bioi 80; 197-206
Wittmann KJ (1977) Modification of association and swarming in
north Adriatic Mysidacea in relation to habitat and interacting species. In: Keegan BF, Ceidigh PO, Boaden PJS (eds),
Biology of benthic organism. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp
605-612
Wittman KJ (1984) Effects of size and ambient conditions on
development and reproduction. Oceanogr Mar Bioi Annu
Rev 22: 394-428
Wooldridge TH (1989) The spatial and temporal distribution of
mysid shrimps and phytoplankton accumulations in a high
energy surfzone. Vie Milieu 39(3/4): 127-133