The Macrobenthos of Moreton Bay

摘要: The macrobenthos of Moreton Bay is diverse, with 355 species collected from 400 dredged stations. Many these are distributed throughout the Indo—West—Pacific area, others have an Australian distribution (possibly some may also occur in northern hemisphere), and known as yet only Bay. occurrence richest sites near edges bay can be attributed to either favorable hydrographic—sedimentary conditions or location on periphery areas worked by prawn trawlers. Infrequently occurring dominate epifauna, frequently infauna. Neither infrequent nor four most frequent show seasonal changes, but change evident other species. Species more than eight usually showed a pattern, patterns could not, inspection, classified into group patterns. By limiting consideration 32 commonest six ...