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Eight tubificid species form a succession along the Thames estuary which is similar to that found in some other British & European estuaries (Fig. 1).
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Hunter, J. (1981). Survival Strategies of Tubificids in the Thames and other Estuaries. In: Jones, N.V., Wolff, W.J. (eds) Feeding and Survival Srategies of Estuarine Organisms. Marine Science, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3318-0_5
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