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Nearshore zonation of benthic fauna, especially Nematoda, in Loch Etive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. M. Warwick  and
J. D. Gage
R. M. Warwick*
Affiliation:
Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, Northumberland
J. D. Gage
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Maxfrine Research Laboratory, Oban
*
*Present address: NERC Institute for Marine Environmental Research, 67 Citadel Road, Plymouth PL1 3DH.
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The marked pattern of vertical zonation in the nearshore distributions of benthic fauna in sea-lochs seems to be controlled by the degree of fluctuation and extent of depression in salinity (Gage, 1974). The different vertical patterns in the abundances of species can be related to their known tolerances to reduced and fluctuating salinity. An overall faunal discontinuity seems to occur at a depth which roughly corresponds to the maximum depth to which markedly brackish conditions are experienced.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , May 1975 , pp. 295 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975

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