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Amphipods of the shallow-water sand community in the northern Irish Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. A. Fincham
A. A. Fincham
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Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, Isle of Mancor1corresp
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Analysis of grab samples from the shallow-water sand community (0—6 m) in the northern Irish Sea has shown that there is an increase in the diversity and in the abundance of amphipod species westwards. The most frequently occurring and the over-all dominant species is Bathyporeia elegans. Six indicator species (Ampelisca brevicornis, Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana, B. elegans, B. nana, Perioculodes longimanus and Pontocrates arenarius) with a high degree of association are present in varying proportions throughout the community.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 1003 - 1024
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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