Journal article
Macrofauna production in an estuarine mud-flat
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Vol.55(01), pp.1-18
1975
Abstract
The importance of the extensive intertidal mud-flats to the energy budget of estuaries has frequently been stressed, but seldom quantified. Smidt (1951) has discussed the production of both macro- and meiofauna from the Danish Waddens in general terms but, because of the wide coverage, his information is not detailed enough to quantify annual production in terms of g/m2. The present study was designed to compare the productive importance of macrofauna and meiofauna in detail at a single site. This paper deals only with the first phase of this study, the macrofauna, which are retained on a 0.5 mm sieve for the major part of their productive life.
Details
- Title
- Macrofauna production in an estuarine mud-flat
- Authors/Creators
- R.M. Warwick (Author/Creator) - Mental Research InstituteR. Price (Author/Creator) - Mental Research Institute
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Vol.55(01), pp.1-18
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005545992107891
- Copyright
- © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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