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Meiobenthos of a Sublittoral Sandbank in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

K. A. Willems ,
M. Vincx ,
D. Claeys ,
C. Vanosmael  and
C. Heip
K. A. Willems
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
M. Vincx
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
D. Claeys
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
C. Vanosmael
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
C. Heip
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
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The background and aims of this study are outlined in the introductory section of the preceding paper (Vanosmael et al. 1982).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 535 - 548
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1982

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