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On the pelagic occurrence and dispersal of the benthic amphipod Corophium volutator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Karel Essink ,
Hans L. Kleef  and
Wim Visser
Karel Essink
Affiliation:
Rijkswaterstaat, Tidal Waters Division, P.O. Box 207, 9750 AE Haren, The Netherlands
Hans L. Kleef
Affiliation:
Rijkswaterstaat, Tidal Waters Division, P.O. Box 207, 9750 AE Haren, The Netherlands
Wim Visser
Affiliation:
Rijkswaterstaat, Tidal Waters Division, P.O. Box 207, 9750 AE Haren, The Netherlands
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Field data on the pelagic occurrence of Corophium volutator were obtained in 1981–82 in the Dollard (Ems estuary). The pelagic population density averaged over a tidal half cycle was in the range 0–15 m-3. The pelagic population represents about 0.06% of the benthic population. On most sampling days pelagic occurrence resulted in a net flood surplus transport.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , February 1989 , pp. 11 - 15
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1989

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