Difference between revisions of "Meiofauna"
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| − | + | <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiofauna</ref>Meiofauna are small benthic invertebrates that live in both marine and fresh water Ecosystem|environments. The term Meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their size, larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna, rather than a taxonomic grouping. In practice these are organisms that can pass through a 1 mm mesh but will be retained by a 45 μm mesh, but the exact dimensions will vary from researcher to researcher. Whether an organism will pass through a 1 mm mesh will also depend upon whether it is alive or dead at the time of sorting | |
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Revision as of 13:04, 7 September 2007
[1]Meiofauna are small benthic invertebrates that live in both marine and fresh water Ecosystem|environments. The term Meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their size, larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna, rather than a taxonomic grouping. In practice these are organisms that can pass through a 1 mm mesh but will be retained by a 45 μm mesh, but the exact dimensions will vary from researcher to researcher. Whether an organism will pass through a 1 mm mesh will also depend upon whether it is alive or dead at the time of sorting
