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Benthos of a Sublittoral Sandbank in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: General Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

K. A. Willems ,
C. Vanosmael ,
D. Claeys ,
M. Vincx  and
C. Heip
K. A. Willems
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
C. Vanosmael
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
D. Claeys
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
M. Vincx
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
C. Heip
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute, State University of Ghent, Belgium
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In two previous papers (Vanosmael et al. 1982; Willems et al. 1982) the macrofauna and meiofauna of a sublittoral sandbank in the Belgian coastal waters of the North Sea were described. This sandbank, the Kwinte Bank, is one of a series of parallel linear banks, the Flemish Banks, which are 15–25 km long and 3–6 km wide and rise about 25 m above the surrounding sea-floor. They are stressed, high-energy environments, subject to extreme physical disturbance by the very strong tidal currents which run parallel to the long axis of the sandbank and which put the whole upper layer of the sediment in a state of suspension at times.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 549 - 557
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1982

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