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A preliminary study of the ecology of a mud-flat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Colin B. Rees
Colin B. Rees
Affiliation:
University College of Hull Oceanographic Laboratory, Leith Late Postgraduate Student, University College, Cardiff
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Ten stations, from high water to low water, were investigated along a mud-flat in the Bristol Channel.

The mud was analysed for water content and grade. The values suggested, with other observations, that the stations were distributed over two different areas.

Quantitative analysis of both macrofauna and microfauna revealed a dense mud population.

The operative ecological factors, including the food cycle, are defined.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 1940 , pp. 185 - 199
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1940

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