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Present study is a part of comprehensive investigation on the soft-bottom benthic communities in the northern Adriatic circalittoral zone. It aimed to compare and characterize the assemblage structure and seasonal dynamics of Bivalvia associated with three different benthic communities, i.e. biocoenoses of coastal detritic (DC), muddy detritic (DE), and transitional community of detritic bottom (DL). A total of 1531 individuals, belonging to 46 species and to 22 families, were identified. The structure of the total bivalve fauna was determined by the distinctive dominance of Nucula nitidosa, Phaxas pellucidus and Kurtiella bidentata. The nMDS plots of Bivalvia assemblages at three sampling stations show relatively high faunistic affinity between investigated communities, especially between muddy detritic (DE) and transitional community of detritic bottom (DL). The results of ANOSIM (global R=0.641 ; T=999 ; p |
