SIZE-ASSORTATIVE MATING IN A NATURAL POPULATION OF VIVIPARUS ATER (GASTROPODA: PROSOBRANCHIA) IN LAKE ZURICH, SWITZERLAND |
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Authors: | STAUB R; RIBI G |
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Zoologisches Museum der Universität Zürich Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | The number of mating pairs, the size of the mating partners,and the distribution of individuals of Vivi-parus ater on agrid in Lake Zürich were recorded during one breeding seasonin 1990. There was positive assortative mating with respectto shell size. The proportion of copulating individuals rangedfrom 1% to 6% (average 3%) of the active population at any onetime. Individual snails copulated 60 times on average from Apriluntil November. Snails were abundant and copulated in shallowwater close to the shore in Spring. They moved towards deeperareas in Autumn. V. ater copulated on all substrates at anydepth (19 m)of the grid. The spatial distribution ofcopulations throughout the summer reflected the pattern of snailabundance. (Received 29 January 1993; accepted 14 November 1994) |
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