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sharp negative correlation to organic carbon content 

 (Tables 26, 27; Fig. 62). Density was highest ( 1 1/m 2 ) in 

 areas with extremely little or no organic carbon in the 

 sediment and declined steadily (from 11 to 2 nrl as 



organic carbon content increased. None were found 

 where carbon content exceeded 39? . 



The relation of nemertine biomass to organic carbon 

 was distinctly bimodal (Tables 28, 29; Fig. 62). Largest 



