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Some Aspects of the Specific Habitat Requirements of Ophelia Bicornis (Polychaeta)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Tegwyn Harris
Tegwyn Harris
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4PS
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The discrete habitat requirements of Ophelia bicornis from the Exe estuary are reported in relation to: the influence of tidal activity; the nature of the sandy substratum; the associated meiofauna; the interstitial bacteria; the interstitial water, organic matter and calcareous material; and the interstitial and sand-adsorbed free amino acids. The interrelationships of these features as potential limiting factors in the highly specific littoral distribution of O. bicornis is speculated upon.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , November 1991 , pp. 771 - 786
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1991

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