Date of Award
Summer 1986
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biological Sciences
Program/Concentration
Biology
Committee Director
Daniel M. Dauer
Committee Member
Raymond W. Alden III
Committee Member
James F. Matta
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.B46 M665
Abstract
Nocturnally dispersing macrobenthic invertebrates of the Lafayette River, Norfolk, Virginia were collected from September 4 to October 4, 1982 to determine environmental factors affecting migrations. A total of 55 taxa were identified from 325 surface and bottom nocturnal plankton tows. Peracaridan crustaceans were the dominant (99.0% of the total density) group collected. Six of the commonly collected species showed a significant (P
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DOI
10.25777/v0c6-nr79
Recommended Citation
Morris, C. T..
"Environmental Factors Affecting Nocturnal Migrations of Macrobenthos"
(1986). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/v0c6-nr79
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_etds/383
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