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Macrobenthic Communities of the Lower Chesapeake Bay. IV. Bay‐wide Transects and the Inner Continental Shelf Benthic Studies of the Lower Chesapeake Bay 7
Author(s) -
Dauer Daniel M.,
Stokes Thomas L.,
Barker Howard R.,
Ewing R. Michael,
Sourbeer Jerry W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19840690102
Subject(s) - bay , transect , oceanography , benthic zone , benthos , estuary , continental shelf , abundance (ecology) , macrobenthos , geology , chesapeake bay , fishery , environmental science , biology
The distribution, abundance, and species composition of subtidal macrobenthic invertebrates of the lower Chesapeake Bay and the inner continental shelf off the mouth of the bay were studied. The benthos of the lower bay was sampled on two bay‐wide transects sampled once in June 1978. The benthos of the inner shelf was sampled five times per year from 1979 through 1981. Data from this study were compared with data from previous studies of estuaries and the inner shelf of the mid‐Atlantic Southeastern U.S.