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| Wijnsma, G; Wolff, Wj; Meijboom, A; Duiven, P; De Vlas, J. |
| The Banc d'Arguin in Mauritania, West Africa, is an area of tidal flats and shallow inshore waters bordering the sandy desert of the Sahara. The project Banc d'Arguin 1985-1986 investigated predominantly benthic biomass and production, the same data allow investigation of the species diversity and the distribution of the tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin. We sieved and analysed 410 core samples (diameter 10 cm) from 82 locations with 0.6 mm mesh size. A total of 111 taxa were identified. Polychaeta were most diverse with 42 species belonging to 20 families. Other large species groups were Gastropoda (20 species, 14 families), Amphipoda (14 taxa, 8 families) and Bivalvia (15 species, 10 families). Densities ranged from 152 to 5635 ind. m(-2), with an... |
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Palavras-chave: Banc d'Arguin; Bethos; Diversité; Limicole; Banc d'Arguin; Benthos; Diversity; Shorebirds. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00325/43623/43309.pdf |
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