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The history and future of the North Sea benthos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

P. E. P. Norton
P. E. P. Norton
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Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow
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This is a brief review intended to supply bases for prediction of future changes in the North Sea Benthos. It surveys long-term changes which are affecting the benthos. Any prediction must take into account change in temperature, depth, bottom type, tidal patterns, current patterns and zoogeography of the sea and the history of these is briefly touched on from late Tertiary times up to the present. From a prediction of changes in the benthos, certain information concerning the pelagic and planktonic biota could also be derived.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 76 , Issue 1-3: Current Studies in the Marine Environment , 1978 , pp. 193 - 200
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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