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Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici, Vol. 21 No. suppl. 1, 2012.

Short communication, Note

Using bioenergetic models to estimate environmental conditions in anchialine caves

Tin Klanjšček ; Zavod za istraživanje mora i okoliša, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia
Neven Cukrov ; Zavod za istraživanje mora i okoliša, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia
Marijana Cukrov ; Zavod za istraživanje mora i okoliša, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia
Sunčana Geček ; Zavod za istraživanje mora i okoliša, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia
Tarzan Legović ; Zavod za istraživanje mora i okoliša, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Ways of deducing information on physicochemical characteristics of anchialine caves from measurements of sedentary biota are investigated. First, photographs of Ficopomatus enigmaticus from two different anchialine caves are used to draw qualitative conclusions on water circulation patterns and organic loads of the two caves. Next, the ability of bioenergetic models to quantify average conditions in anchialine caves from information on abundance, distribution, morphological characteristcs, and individual growth rates of F. enigmaticus is discussed, and a development of a bioenergetic model is suggested.

Keywords

dynamic energy budget; biomarkers

Hrčak ID:

87201

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/87201

Publication date:

30.9.2012.

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