Cumacean zoogeography : the zoogeography of Tasmanian shallow water marine zoobenthos exemplified by some Cumacea

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This thesis incorporates the results of studies into the distributions of the Cumacea whose members are one of the groups of animals living in shallow water sands off eastern Tasmania. My approach assumes that patterns of animal distribution exist. This may be regarded as an expression of belief. However, as MacArthur (1927) has pointed out most investigations of biological distributions reveal pattern at some scale. The approach is supported also by the work of Taylor, Woiwod and Perry (1978) who suggested that spatial randomness is highly improbable because the behavioural responses of living organisms mediate dispersive processes. 1.1 Layout The text of this account is divided into two main sections. The first deals with the zoogeography of shallow water cumaceans in eastern Tasmania. The second section contains an account of cumacean spatial distribution at the benthic interface and, briefly, the place of these animals in the water column. 1.2 Timing This project commenced in March

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