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The Distribution of Lugworms (Arenicola Marina L.) over the Flats at Whitstable

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Garth Chapman  and
G. E. Newell
Garth Chapman
Affiliation:
From the Department of Zoology, Queen Mary College, University of London
G. E. Newell
Affiliation:
From the Department of Zoology, Queen Mary College, University of London
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Extract

It has been shown that the main factor which influences the local distribution of the lugworm at Whitstable is the depth of the muddy sand overlying the clay stratum below.

In places this clay is furrowed by straight channels which are revealed only by the arrangement of the lugworm castings. These are more numerous along the channels.

Migration of adult lugworms has been shown to occur, most freely in the spring.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , December 1949 , pp. 627 - 634
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1949

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