A SELF-CONTAINED DIVER-OPERATED QUANTITATIVE SAMPLER FOR INVESTIGATING THE MACROFAUNA OF SOFT SUBSTRATES

1 January 1972

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Vol. 40 (4) , 299-307
https://doi.org/10.1080/00359197209519424

Abstract

A self-contained bottom sampler is described with which two divers can obtain quantitative samples of the macrofauna living in soft substrates on the sea-bed. The essential parts are a sampling cylinder and an air-lift pump. It has been used in depths of 1–33 m, thus enabling the low-tide region to be sampled at the time of mid-tide in calm water and samples of the fauna from the sediment surface to a depth of 60 cm below it have been obtained. It is also possible to sample various levels within the substrate.

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A diver-operated quantitative bottom sampler for sand macrofaunas
Helgoland Marine Research, 1967