A comparative study of mollusk communities on the shelf-slope margin of Barbados, West Indies

The principal objectives of the present study were to complement and expand upon Lewis' (1965) preliminary description of deep-water mollusks (and other invertebrates) off the west coast of Barbados, to determine the relative importance in both biomass and numbers of individual molluscan specie...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Veliger 1982-01, Vol.24 (4), p.309-318
Hauptverfasser: Sander, F, Lalli, C M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The principal objectives of the present study were to complement and expand upon Lewis' (1965) preliminary description of deep-water mollusks (and other invertebrates) off the west coast of Barbados, to determine the relative importance in both biomass and numbers of individual molluscan species, and to provide information on sources of mortality which could be determined by examination of the shells of these species.
ISSN:0042-3211