DOI: 10.1017/s0080456800016860. XXII.—Studies on the Scottish Marine Fauna: The Natural Faunistic Divisions of the North Sea as shown by the Quantitative Distribution of the Molluscs

XXII.—Studies on the Scottish Marine Fauna: The Natural Faunistic Divisions of the North Sea as shown by the Quantitative Distribution of the Molluscs

10.1017/s0080456800016860

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Abstract

With the renewal of activities in Fishery Research, which took place in the lands bordering the North Sea after the War, fresh lines of investigation were introduced. Amongst others, quantitative surveys of the bottom fauna similar to those carried out by Petersen were undertaken by several countries. The southern part of the North Sea was examined by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the results were published by Davis (2, 3). Other work undertaken in the German Bight was published by Hagmeier (6). A small survey was carried out by Petersen (8) in the North Sea off the north-west coast of Denmark. Areas to the north and west of Scotland, as well as the northern half of the North Sea, were surveyed by the Fishery Board for Scotland and a preliminary account published (11). The present paper is, in part, a summary of the results of the survey work carried out by the Fishery Board for Scotland in the northern part of the North Sea during the years 1922-25, supplemented by a subsequent survey of the intertidal areas undertaken privately; in part an analysis of the faunistic divisions of the North Sea based on the distribution of the molluscs, especially lamellibranchs, as recorded in the above papers. So far as the North Sea is concerned, the area covered by the Scottish investigations is bounded on the south approximately by latitude 56° N., and on the east and north by the 200 m. (100 fm.) contour.

Bibliography

Stephen, A. C. (1934). XXII.âStudies on the Scottish Marine Fauna: The Natural Faunistic Divisions of the North Sea as shown by the Quantitative Distribution of the Molluscs. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 57(3), 601â616.

Authors 1

A. C. Stephen (first)

References 13 Referenced 34

10.1038/123606b0
9. Petersen C. G. J. , ibid., xxiii.
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{'key': 'S0080456800016860_ref008', 'article-title': 'Valuation of the Sea: II. Animal Communities of the Sea Bottom and their Importance for Marine Zoogeography', 'volume': 'xxi', 'author': 'Petersen', 'year': '1913', 'journal-title': 'Rep. Dan. Biol. Stn.'} / Rep. Dan. Biol. Stn. / Valuation of the Sea: II. Animal Communities of the Sea Bottom and their Importance for Marine Zoogeography by Petersen (1913)
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Created	12 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 17, 2013, 10:22 a.m.)
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Issued	91 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1934)
Published	91 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1934)
Published Online	13 years, 1 month ago (July 6, 2012)
Published Print	91 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1934)

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BibTeX

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