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Intertidal sand macrofauna from Long Island, New York

Chesapeake Science

Abstract

This constitutes a faunal list of intertidal macrofauna collected from Long Island sand habitats during fall 1967. A total of 265 animals in 12 species was collected, of which 218 (82%) were members of four haustoriid amphipod species. These amphipods make up 50–90% of the standing crop of macrofaunal animals from aerobic intertidal sands from Maine to Georgia. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A00BY037 00005

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    Robert A. Croker

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Croker, R.A. Intertidal sand macrofauna from Long Island, New York. Chesapeake Science 11, 134–137 (1970). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350489

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