An ecological survey of a sandy beach
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Authors
Berger, Thomas Joseph
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Haderlie, E. C.
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1970-04
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
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An ecological survey of a sandy beach was made to determine relationships between population densities and sand grain size distributions, season and height above the tidal datum plane (MLLW). Fifteen species of invertebrates in four phyla were collected. Four zones relative to tidal datum and two major habitats - protected outer coast sandy beach and outer coast sandy beach - were defined. Nephtys caecoides, Nephtys californiensis and Archaeomysis maculata showed distinctive distribution patterns relative to mean grain size which require further investigation
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Oceanography
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Naval Postgraduate School
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.