Meiofaunal abundance and vertical zonation in a sublittoral soft bottom, with a test of the Haps corer

1983 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Vertical Zonation ◽  
Meiofaunal Abundance

Spatial variation of meiofaunal tardigrades in a small tropical estuary (~6°S; Brazil)

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastião Tilbert ◽  
Francisco J. V. de Castro ◽  
Géssica Tavares ◽  
Miodeli Nogueira Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Redundancy Analysis ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Spatial Variations ◽  
Total Abundance ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Medium Sand ◽  
Tropical Estuaries ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Abundant Taxon ◽  
Meiofaunal Abundance

Spatial variations and organism–sediment relationship are paramount subjects of soft-bottom ecology. However, these issues have been unexplored for most minor meiofaunal taxa such as tardigrades. In the present study, we explore this subject on a small tropical (~6°S) estuary. Total meiofaunal abundance ranged from 4 to 1036 individuals per 10cm2, averaging (mean±s.d.) 324.8±245.9 individuals per 10cm2. Nematodes dominated in both seasons, representing >70% of total abundance. Tardigrades were the second-most abundant taxon, representing 15% of the total and up to 71%. Tardigrades were represented by two species, Batillipes dandarae and B. pennaki, the latter dominating in the rainy season, and both with similar abundances in the dry season. Abundance of total meiofauna and both tardigrade species differed significantly (ANOVA; P<0.05) among stations and in the interaction between stations and seasons, but only B. dandarae varied seasonally, with higher values occurring in the dry season. The spatial variations observed were mostly related to differences in the sediment granulometry. Environmental explanatory variables explained 72.6% of the variance of dominant meiofaunal taxa in the Redundancy Analysis. Nematodes and ostracods were mostly associated with fine and very fine sands, both tardigrades with medium sand and oligochaetes with larger size-fractions of the sediment and organic matter. The data gathered here suggest that granulometry was the most important environmental factor in the meiofaunal spatial structure in tropical estuaries and both tardigrade species were closely associated with medium sand.

scholarly journals Regional and latitudinal patterns of soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates along French coasts: Results from the RESOMAR database

2017 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 96-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Régis K. Gallon ◽  
Nicolas Lavesque ◽  
Jacques Grall ◽  
Céline Labrune ◽  
Antoine Gremare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Latitudinal Patterns

Device for Sampling Unconsolidated Soft‐Bottom Sediments in Moderately Deep Waters

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 786-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Doyle ◽  
H. P. Dokkum ◽  
C. J. W. Vermulst ◽  
D. L. Anderson ◽  
J. Mossa
Keyword(s):  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Deep Waters
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