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Main Title

Biomass and density of macrobenthic invertebrates on the U.S. continental shelf off Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in relation to environmental factors /

Author

Maurer, Don,

Other Authors

Author	Title of a Work
Wigley, Roland L.

CORP Author

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.

Publisher

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service,

Year Published

1984

OCLC Number

11461607

Subjects

Invertebrates--Environmental aspects--Georges Bank ; Benthos--Effect of water pollution on--Georges Bank ; Territorial waters--Environmental aspects--North Atlantic Ocean

Additional Subjects

Invertebrates--Massachusetts

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/NMFS/TR_NMFS_SSRF/TR_NMFS_SSRF_783.pdf

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
EJDM	SH11.UN4.2 no.783		Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD	02/15/1997
EKCM	SH11.UN4.2 783		CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL	02/08/1992

Collation

iv, 20 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Notes

"July 1984." Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13).

Contents Notes

The mean density and mean biomass of macrobenthis invertebrates on the U.S. continental shelf off Martha's Vineyard, Mass., were 3,008/mp1s and 245.7 g/mp2s, respectively. The latter estimate was considerably higher than values from the North Sea, Scotian Shelf, and Middle-Atlantic Bight. Molluscs (pelecypods and gastropods) and echinoderms (echinoids and ophiuroids) greatly influenced patterns of total biomass distribution. The ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, was the dominant species in terms of biomass. Total density was dominated by crustaceans (amphipods), polychaetous annelids, molluscs, (small pelecypods), and echinoderms (ophiuroids).