New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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DISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES IN A SHELTERED WATER SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT (MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS, NEW ZEALAND)

I. N. ESTCOURT

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington

Abstract Distribution patterns of benthic invertebrates in the Marlborough Sounds are related to depth and sediment grade. The assemblage of species found living in this sheltered water soft-bottom area is characterised by two species of polychaete of the genus Asychis, Echinocardium cordatum, and Amphiura rosea. The relationship of this association in the Marlborough Sounds to similar associations in other areas is briefly discussed.

N.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 1: 352-370
(Received for publication 18 April 1967)

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