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Vanhove, S.; Beghyn, M.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Bullough, L.W.; Vincx, M.. |
Under the typical high-latitude conditions of temperature, productivity and settlement of chlorophyll and phaeophytin to the sediment, many benthic organisms in the Antarctic show strong seasonal variation. Although meiofauna comprise an important component of the southpolar benthic ecosystem, our knowledge of them is limited. The metazoan meiofauna and the surrounding sediments were studied fortnightly for 18 mo in a shallow bay at Signy Island (Factory Cove, South Orkneys, Antarctica) to test whether and how the temporal variability of the environment influenced meiobenthos dynamics. By examination of the distribution of the abundance and biomass of the total community, the density of higher taxonomic groups, and of individual dominant nematode genera... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Benthos; Biomass; Population density; Seasonal variations; Sediment analysis; Trophic relationships; Copepoda [copepods]; Nematoda [Nematodes]; Ostracoda. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=6138 |
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