The Ecology of Scottish Inshore Fishing Grounds 1. The Bottom Fauna of East Coast Grounds

摘要

From a grab survey made in July 1954 of three fishing grounds off the Scottish east coast a description is given of the standing crop of bottom fauna animals. This is the first account of a series of studies on the fluctuations and productivity of the benthos and the feeding of fish.nThe general and hydrographic conditions of the area, and the commercial fisheries, are briefly noted.nBoth the St. Andrews and Aberdeen areas had a fairly uniform deposit varying from fine sand to muddy sand, that of the Aberdeen area being slightly coarser. In the Smith Bank area a number of different soils were sampled, varying from gravel to sandy mud.