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The Distribution and Ecology of the Interstitial Meiofauna of a Sandy Beach at Whitsand Bay, East Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Roger P. Harris
Roger P. Harris
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The Plymouth Laboratory
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The interstitial meiofauna was investigated on an exposed sand beach at Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. An intertidal transect of eight stations was sampled regularly over a period of 2 years from May 1968 to May 1970. Quantitative core samples were taken to a depth of 50 cm. Nematodes were the dominant group on the beach, forming about 50% of the meiofauna. Harpacticoid copepods were second in overall abundance. Hydrozoa, turbellaria, gastrotrichs and tardigrades were also present.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , February 1972 , pp. 1 - 18
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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