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The sublittoral fauna of two sandy bays on the Isle of Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. B. Clark  and
A. Milne
R. B. Clark
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Glasgow University
A. Milne
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, King's College, Newcastle on Tyne
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There is a considerable literature on the ecology of intertidal animals and a growing one on the sublittoral fauna. Largely because of the difficulty of taking samples in very shallow water, little attention has been paid to the continuation of the intertidal zonation below the low-water mark. Although incomplete in some respects, the results of the present survey are published, partly to help bridge the gap between studies of sublittoral and intertidal faunas, partly because it is unlikely that this survey will ever be completed and partly because the intertidal fauna of one of the bays is particularly well known. The work was begun in 1938 by one of the authors (A.M.) but was discontinued at the outbreak of the late war. Since 1949 further collections have been made and the identity of most of the species taken in the earlier sampling has been checked. The collections of animals and a full account of the results have been deposited in the Marine Laboratory at Millport.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 1955 , pp. 161 - 180
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1955

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