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Wolff, W.J. (1973). The estuary as a habitat. An analysis of data on the soft-bottom macrofauna of the estuarine area of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt. Zoologische Verhandlungen, Leiden. 126: 1-242.
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Wolff, W.J.
1973
The estuary as a habitat. An analysis of data on the soft-bottom macrofauna of the estuarine area of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt.
Zoologische Verhandlungen, Leiden
126: 1-242
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[Introduction starts as:]
After the disastrous storm flood of February 1st, 1953, the Netherlands' Government decided to dam up four of the six estuaries in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, since then called the Delta area (fig. I). By carrying out this scheme, generally known as the Delta Plan, these tidal estuaries, containing salt or brackish water, will be changed into stagnant freshwater lakes. The Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research was founded to study the hydrobiological changes accompanying these large works (Vaas, 1961).
The present study aims to be a descriptive investigation of the soft-bottom fauna, i.e. the fauna living in and on soft sediments such as sand, clay and peat, of the Delta area before any changes occurred.
This study has been confined to the macrofauna, defined as the animals retained by a sieve with a mesh width of 1 mm. Of the Polychaeta also the meiofauna representatives have been studied. The meiofauna has been defined as those animals not retained by a sieve with a mesh diameter of 1 mm, but larger than about 100 µ.
After the disastrous storm flood of February 1st, 1953, the Netherlands' Government decided to dam up four of the six estuaries in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, since then called the Delta area (fig. I). By carrying out this scheme, generally known as the Delta Plan, these tidal estuaries, containing salt or brackish water, will be changed into stagnant freshwater lakes. The Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research was founded to study the hydrobiological changes accompanying these large works (Vaas, 1961).
The present study aims to be a descriptive investigation of the soft-bottom fauna, i.e. the fauna living in and on soft sediments such as sand, clay and peat, of the Delta area before any changes occurred.
This study has been confined to the macrofauna, defined as the animals retained by a sieve with a mesh width of 1 mm. Of the Polychaeta also the meiofauna representatives have been studied. The meiofauna has been defined as those animals not retained by a sieve with a mesh diameter of 1 mm, but larger than about 100 µ.
English Channel
Benthos
Venus gallina striatula da Costa, 1778 accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778) (basis of record)
