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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION - GULF OF MAINE 



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CHAPTER II. BENTHIC ECOLOGY - HARD SUBSTRATA 



Session Summary: Benthic Ecology - Hard 



Substrata. Robert S. Steneck 3 



Deep water benthic algal zonation in the Gulf of 



Maine. Robert L. Vadas, Robert S. Steneck 7 



Comparative photosynthetic physiology of shallow 



& deep water populations of Laminaria in the Gulf 



of Maine. Ian R. Davison, Janet E. Kuebler, 



Robert S. Steneck, & Robert L. Vadas 27 



Early community development experiments in 



rocky subtidal habitats (Gulf of Maine, 



30-80 M). Kenneth P. Sebens, Jon D. Witman, 



Robin L.A. Allmon, & Edward J. Maney, Jr 45 



Benthic community structure at a subtidal rock 



pinnacle in the central Gulf of Maine. 



Jon D. Witman & Kenneth P. Sebens 67 



CHAPTER II. BENTHIC ECOLOGY - SOFT SUBSTRATA 



Session Summary: Benthic Ecology - Soft 



Substrata. Les Watling 107 



General distribution patterns of macrobenthic 



assemblages in the Gulf of Maine. Les Watling, 



John Dearborn, & Linda McCann 109 



Distribution, abundance & behavior of sea pens, 



Pennatula sp. in the Gulf of Maine. Richard W. 



Langton, Elizabeth Langton, Roger Theroux, & 



Joseph R. Uzmann 121 



A survey of the macrobenthos in the Gulf of 



Maine using manned submersibles . Richard W. 



Langton & Joseph R. Uzmann 131 



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