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<p>The first comprehensive meiobenthos study was carried out in Turkey, the Southern Black Sea (Sinop) from August 2009 to July 2010.Sediment samples were collected monthly at eight stations at 3 m and 10 m water depths located on four transects. A metal push core sampler (surface area 12.56 cm<sup>2 </sup>and length 10 cm was used to obtain the material. Meiofaunal abundance and composition were examined. The results revealed that the meiofaunal community consists of twenty five higher taxonomic groups. Four groups dominated the community; Nematoda, Harpacticoida, Foraminifera and Polyuchaeta. Spatial and temporal meiofaunal abundance fluctuated among stations and over time.</p>
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The first comprehensive meiobenthos study was carried out in Turkey, the Southern Black Sea (Sinop) from August 2009 to July 2010.Sediment samples were collected monthly at eight stations at 3 m and 10 m water depths located on four transects. A metal push core sampler (surface area 12.56 cm2 and length 10 cm was used to obtain the material. Meiofaunal abundance and composition were examined. The results revealed that the meiofaunal community consists of twenty five higher taxonomic groups. Four groups dominated the community; Nematoda, Harpacticoida, Foraminifera and Polyuchaeta. Spatial and temporal meiofaunal abundance fluctuated among stations and over time.

Within-year spatio-temporal variation in meiofaunal abundance and community structure, Sinop Bay, the Southern Black Sea

Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology

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Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The first comprehensive meiobenthos study was carried out in Turkey, the Southern Black Sea (Sinop) from August 2009 to July 2010.Sediment samples were...

Within-year spatio-temporal variation in meiofaunal abundance and community structure, Sinop Bay, the Southern Black Sea

Article Category: Original research paper

Online veröffentlicht: 10. März 2016

Seitenbereich: 55 - 65

Eingereicht: 29. Mai 2015

Akzeptiert: 23. Juli 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0006

Schlüsselwörter
Foraminifera, grain size, dynamics, Harpacticoida, meiobenthos, Nematoda, Turkey

© Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdañsk, Poland. All rights reserved.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Within-year spatio-temporal variation in meiofaunal abundance and community structure, Sinop Bay, the Southern Black Sea

Article Category: Original research paper

Online veröffentlicht: 10. März 2016

Seitenbereich: 55 - 65

Eingereicht: 29. Mai 2015

Akzeptiert: 23. Juli 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0006

SchlüsselwörterForaminifera, grain size, dynamics, Harpacticoida, meiobenthos, Nematoda, Turkey

© Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdañsk, Poland. All rights reserved.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Foraminifera, grain size, dynamics, Harpacticoida, meiobenthos, Nematoda, Turkey