@article{Belcari_Tserpes_González_Lefkaditou_Marceta_Piccinetti Manfrin_Souplet_2002, title={Distribution and abundance of Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) and Eledone moschata (Lamarck, 1798) (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) in the Mediterranean Sea}, volume={66}, url={https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/613}, DOI={10.3989/scimar.2002.66s2143}, abstractNote={Information on distribution, abundance and size composition of the two octopods <i>Eledone cirrhosa</i> and <i>E. moschata</i> was obtained from the MEDITS trawl surveys, carried out in a wide area of the Mediterranean basin from 1994 to 1999. Both species showed a wide geographic distribution, as they were collected in all the major areas investigated. <i>E. cirrhosa</i> showed a wide depth distribution, down to the 800 m isobath, while <i>E. moschata</i> was mostly restricted to within 200 m. Further analysis on spatio-temporal basis with a Generalised Linear Model, evidenced that differences among major areas, depth strata and their interaction were always significant. In the case of <i>E. cirrhosa</i>, differences among years and year-major area interaction were also significant. Two cohorts can be singled out in the size frequency distributions of <i>E. cirrhosa</i>, whereas only one mode can be clearly distinguished in most of the length distributions of <i>E. moschata</i>.}, number={S2}, journal={Scientia Marina}, author={Belcari, Paola and Tserpes, Georges and González, María and Lefkaditou, Eugenia and Marceta, Bojan and Piccinetti Manfrin, Gabriella and Souplet, Arnauld}, year={2002}, month={Jun.}, pages={143–155} }