Adaptations of epipelic and epipsammic f
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Brian Moss
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Article
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1977
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Epipelic algae live freely on sediment surfaces, epipsammic algae live attached to grains in sandy sediments. Both groups may be buried by wave action and animal disturbance when they may find themselves in dark, deoxygenated layers. Epipelic algae, though tolerant of darkness for many days do not s