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The characteristics required in samples taken from a small area of muddy bottom are shortly reviewed.
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A new grab capable of taking accurate samples to a known depth is described.
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Department of Zoology, Southampton University
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Ford, J.B., Hall, R.E. A grab for quantitative sampling in stream muds. Hydrobiologia 11, 198–204 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018692
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