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The bottom fauna of Great West Bay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

N. A. Holme
N. A. Holme
Affiliation:
Zoologist at the Plymouth Laboratory
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An account is given of the bottom-fauna of Great West Bay from samples taken in 1948 with a new sampler. Comparison is made with a similar survey made by Mr E. Ford with the Petersen grab in 1923.

The deposits contain a fair proportion of mud, and the ‘EcVg’ communities denned by Ford dominate the area. Within the Bay are found fairly dense beds of Turritella communis, Lutraria sp., Callianassa subterranea and Spisula solida.

No marked changes in the fauna seem to have occurred since the earner survey. The fauna is briefly compared with that of the Plymouth area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , April 1950 , pp. 163 - 183
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1950

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