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the percentage of consumption for the groups consumed must be much 



^Thl' littoral fauna grows poorer both in quality and numbers as we travel 

 east™ d along the Murman coast. This decline is accelerated by the detenora- 

 ??on of the climatic conditions and the absence of deep bays and mlets well 

 protected against the tides on the eastern Murman coast. According to 



109-3 



zn 



E3 



E3 



□ 



COD 

 Gammarus 



Mytilus 



Littorina 



Macoma 



Polychaeta 



Priapulus 



Jaera 



Chironomidae larvae 



Seaweeds 



Oth 



PLEURONECTES 

 FLESUS 



HERRING 

 1683 



QUAB 



Fig 46 A Food range of fish entering the littoral of the western Murman 



forfeeding Mean repletion indices are shown by numerals above 



drcles В ComparaJfood value between inhabitants of littoral and 



fish entering the littoral (Zenkevitch, Zatzepin and Filatova, 1948). 



