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The incidence of dead and dying fish in the Moray Firth, September 1963

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

B. B. Rae ,
R. Johnston  and
J. A. Adams
B. B. Rae
Affiliation:
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
R. Johnston
Affiliation:
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
J. A. Adams
Affiliation:
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
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Dead and dying fish were reported from the Moray Firth during a period of 15 days in September 1963. The initial mortalities were in the inner Firth, but they later spread outwards, especially eastwards along the southern shores of the Firth. Mass mortalities of the lugworm (Arenicola marina) also occurred in Scottish waters in 1962 and 1963, and at Balintorein Easter Ross fish and lugworm mortalities were contemporary.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , March 1965 , pp. 29 - 47
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1965

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