Parker, R.H.Francis P. Shepard, Fred B. Phleger, and Tjeerd H. van AndelRecent sediments, northwest Gulf of Mexico: a symposium summarizing the results of work carried on in Project 51 of the American Petroleum Institute, 1951-19582010-02-152010-02-151960http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18581pgs. 302-337The macro-invertebrate assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico can be separated into those occurring in the shallow lagoons and estuaries and those on the continental shelf and slope. Distributional patterns of faunal assemblages in lagoons and estuaries are considerably modified by prevailing climates. Climatic control is exerted to a lesser degree in the shallow waters on the continental shelf.marine invertebratesecologyecological distributionclimatic zoneslagoonsestuariesoyster reefssurf zoneChapter