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Echinoderms from the Gulf of Suez and the Northern Red sea

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Title Echinoderms from the Gulf of Suez and the
Northern Red sea
 
Creator James, D B
Pearse, J S
 
Subject Echinoderms
Marine Biodiversity
 
Description The Gulf of Suez is the northwesternmost area of the vast Indo-west Pacific region.
Because of its northerly position and shallow depth, the Gulf of Suez is relatively
temperate in character and large seasonal changes occur. The surface sea temperatures
at the shore in the northwestern Gulf of Suez range from means of about
18°C. in the winter to about 28°C. in the summer (Pearse, 1969a). Accordingly,
the Gulf of Suez region may be of special interest to zoogeographers and physiologists,
and the presence and especially the absence of Indo-Pacific species may
provide indications about some of their limiting tolerances. Moreover, because
the Gulf of Suez links the Suez Canal and the eastern Mediterranean to the Red Sea,
its fauna is of special importance in any consideration of migration of species through
the canal.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of India
 
Date 1971-12-31
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1011/1/Article_08.pdf
James, D B and Pearse, J S (1971) Echinoderms from the Gulf of Suez and the Northern Red sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 11 (1&2). pp. 78-125.