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FOLLOWING a period of moderately strong westerly wind, on June 26, 1966, the beaches of Robin Hood's Bay, Filey, and Sandsend, Yorkshire (extending for about 40 km of coastline), were turned white by a covering of vast numbers of hyperiid amphipods.
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GRAY, J., MCHARDY, R. Swarming of Hyperiid Amphipods. Nature 215, 100 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215100a0
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