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XXXII.—Studies on the Scottish Marine Fauna: Quantitative Distribution of the Echinoderms and the Natural Faunistic Divisions of the North Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

A. C. Stephen
A. C. Stephen
Affiliation:
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.
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The first part (5) of a study of the quantitative distribution of the bottom-fauna in Scottish waters, and of the natural faunistic divisions of the North Sea and adjacent areas, dealt with the distribution of the molluscs in the North Sea. In this paper the echinoderms from the same area are treated on similar lines. In addition the natural faunistic divisions, as shown by the distribution of the dominant species of molluscs and echinoderms, and the validity of Petersen's community concept as applied to the North Sea, are discussed.

Reference should be made to the earlier paper for information concerning the methods of collecting, the area covered by the Scottish surveys, similar surveys carried out by other workers in the remaining parts of the North Sea, the number of hauls in each square, and other introductory matters.

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Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , 1934 , pp. 777 - 787
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1934

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