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The meiofauna of a flatfish nursery ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. D. McIntyre  and
D. J. Murison
A. D. McIntyre
Affiliation:
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
D. J. Murison
Affiliation:
Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen
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The meiofauna was studied over a 10-year period on a flatfish nursery ground between the high-water mark and a depth of 10 m below low-water springs.

The sediment was well sorted sand, with median diameter from 210 to 279 μ in the intertidal area and 160 to 208 μ in the subtidal. It was composed of medium rounded quartz, with the calcium carbonate content mainly 0·25 to 2·20% by weight. Porosity was 33·39% and the coefficient of permeability ranged from 1·66 to 2·33 × 10–2 cm per sec, indicating good drainage. The sand was usually over 90% water-saturated, and seldom less than 60%. The annual average concentration of particulate organic carbonwas 205 μg/g sand in the intertidal, and 684 μg/g at 5 m depth. Corresponding values for chlorophyll a were 0·75 and 4·50 μg/g.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 93 - 118
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1973

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