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| Vanhove, S.; Lee, H.J.; Beghyn, M.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Brockington, S.; Vincx, M.. |
| The metazoan meiobenthos was investigated in an Antarctic coastal sediment (Factory Cove, Signy Island, Antarctica). The fine sands contained much higher abundances compared to major sublittoral sediments worldwide. Classified second after Narragansett Bay (North Atlantic) they reached numbers of 13x10<sup>6</sup> ind m<sup>-2</sup>. The meiofauna was highly abundant in the surface layers, but densities decreased sharply below 2cm. Vertical profiles mirrored steep gradients of microbiota, chloropigments and organic matter and were coincident with chemical stratification. Spatial patchiness manifested especially in the surface layer. Nematodes dominated (up to 90%), and <i>Aponema, Chromadorita, Diplolaimella, Daptonema,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=323 |
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