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DISTRIBUTION OF Mya arenaria L. POPULATIONS IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE BLACK SEA 


Marian-Traian Gomoiu 
Romanian Marine Research Institute Constanta


Abstract 
The qualitative and quantitative distribution of the Mya
arenaria bivalve in 1981 is presented on the basis of the
samples collected on the Romanian littoral in 114 stations 
(down to 35 m depth north of Constanta and 50-60 m south of
it). It is considered that the settlement of this bivalve
in the Black Sea is an unfinished process continuing with
the spred of its populations to greater depths in oozy zones 
with mussels.