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A quantitative study of the polychaete fauna of certain fine deposits in Plymouth Sound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. E. Gibbs
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory

Extract

Results of quantitative surveys of the polychaete fauna of certain fine deposits within Plymouth Sound, comprising a total of forty-eight species, are presented. The juvenile stages of certain species are described and sixteen species that have not been found previously in the area are recorded.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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