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The designs of a bucket dredge, a bottom drag, and a coring tube are presented. These devices are designed for small-boat operations in shallow water areas in estuaries.
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Contribution No. 22, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Station, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
Illustrations by Mr. John Webb, Clearwater, Florida.
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Taylor, J.L. Bottom samplers for estuarine research. Chesapeake Science 6, 233–234 (1965). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350820
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