Latitudinal biodiversity patterns of meiofauna from sandy littoral beach

• Main Authors: Kotwicki, L., Szymelfenig, M., De Troch, M., Urban-Malinga, B., Weslawski, J.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Beaches; Biodiversity; Meiobenthos; Antarctic; Arctic; Bear Island; Franz Josef Land; Hopen; Antarc*; Kolguev
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=65096

Meiofaunal samples from arctic (Bear Island, Franz Josef Land, Hopen, Kolguev), temperate (Baltic Sea, North Sea), subtropical (Tunisia, Greece), tropical (Emirates, Ghana) and antarctic sandy beaches were collected at the medium water mark. The highest average meiofaunal density was found in the te...