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| Elliott, B.; Degraer, S.; Bursey, M.; Vincx, M.. |
| To elucidate vertical (= from high to low water mark) macroinfaunal community patterns on little-studied Belgian dissipative sandy beaches, macroinfauna was sampled at eight stations along a seaward transect at De Panne. Mean sand particle size was 196 µm, and the beach slope was ca. 1 : 90. Nineteen species were collected (excluding non-quantitatively sampled species), nine of which were polychaetes and eight were crustaceans. Total macroinfaunal abundance per station ranged from 103 to 585 ind./ m². Polychaetes and crustaceans were numerically dominant, comprising more than 98% of total numbers. Seaward spatial distributions of abundant species were interpreted to represent three biotic zones or macroinfaunal communities, as suggested by a kite diagram,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Beaches; Ecological zonation; Belgium. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/233896.pdf |
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