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On the Biology of Sagitta. IV. Observations on the Natural History of Sagitta elegans Verrill and Sagitta setosa J. Müller in the Plymouth Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. S. Russell
Affiliation:
Naturalist at the Plymouth Laboratory.

Extract

1. Observations are given on the vertical distribution of Sagitta elegans and S. setosa in the daytime.

2. An account is given of the seasonal abundance of both species of Sagitta throughout the year as shown by collections made with oblique hauls with the 2-metre stramin ring-trawl and hauls with a bottom plankton net.

3. An attempt is made to piece together as much as possible of the life-stories and habits of Sagitta in offshore waters off Plymouth on the basis of these and previous observations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1933

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