Authors: T H Pearson G Duncan J Nuttall
Publish Date: 1986/11/01
Volume: 142, Issue: 1, Pages: 113-119
Abstract
Population fluctuations over a twenty year period in the macrobenthic communities of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil on the western coast of Scotland are related to changing organic inputs to the area and to longterm temperature changes It is suggested that the carrying capacity of sedimentary benthos is dependent on organic input but that the species composition of the communities may be modified by climatic fluctuations acting on the spawning success and subsequent recruitment of particular species Confirmation of such hypotheses generated from field timeseries data should be obtained by experimentation
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