Meiofauna Distribution in Intertidal Sandy Beaches Along China Shoreline(18?–40?N)
Meiofauna Distribution in Intertidal Sandy Beaches Along China Shoreline(18?–40?N)作者机构:College of Marine Life ScienceOcean University of China
出 版 物:《Journal of Ocean University of China》 (中国海洋大学学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2016年第15卷第1期
页 面:19-27页
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基 金:supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.40906063 40730847 41106122 and 41076090)
主 题:meiofauna sandy beach abundance horizontal distribution latitudinal variation China
摘 要:In this study,the distribution pattern of meiofauna from nine sandy beaches at six latitudinal gradients along Chinese coast between 18 and 40?N was studied on their meiofauna abundance to examine the effect of latitudinal *** general,meiofauna abundance was lower in four subtropical beaches in Xiamen(24?N) and Zhoushan(29?N) than that in other *** abundance differed little between tropical and temperate *** taxonomic structure of meiofauna showed a dominance of nematode in colder *** relative composition of turbellarians and polychaetes increased in warmer *** addition to latitudinal gradient,salinity,oxygenation,sediment grain size affect also the meiofauna latitudinal *** for horizontal distribution,the highest meiofauna abundance was found in low tidal zone at tropical beaches,and in middle tidal zone at temperate *** horizontal distribution of meiofauna was controlled by both physical and biotic factors including feeding and anthropogenic *** meiofauna abundance exhibited a horizontal difference,the composition of meiofaunal main taxa was unanimous horizontally at all beaches at the same sampling latitude.