Citation: Fincham, A.A. 1969 Amphipods of the shallow-water sand community in the northern Irish Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 49: 1003-1024
Number of Pages: 22
Volume Part: 4
Keywords: Amphipoda, Benthos, Biogeography, Checklist, Crustacea, England, Fauna, Irish Sea, Marine, Pollution, Sand, Sediment, Sedimentology, Sublittoral, Survey, Temperature, Wales
Abstract: Sampling and literature summary, for Amphipoda present in shallow water sand community (0-6m bed) in the northern Irish Sea. Records for Morecambe Bay, Luce, Wigtown and Kirkardbright Bays, the Solway Firth and N. Wales. The geographical distribution of amphipod species is determined by the interaction of physical factors such as temperature, bottom sediment and pollution. Raw data available in Ph.D. thesis.