Meiofauna are ubiquitous in estuaries worldwide averaging 106 m− 2. Abundance and
species composition are controlled primarily by three physical factors: sediment particle size …

A number of recent studies have shown that water-column processes exert an important
influence on meiofaunal recruitment and colonization of new areas. Th~ s paper reviews …

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

Estuaries exhibit a wide array of human impacts that can compromise their ecological
integrity, because of rapid population growth and uncontrolled development in many coastal …

The principle objective of this book is to review the biological characteristics of estuaries.
The volume has been as a text for undergraduates and graduate students as well as …

The tidal coastline presents a fascinating ecological world. Rocky shores with their recurrent
zonation of algae and sessile invertebrates demonstrate the orderliness of nature …

At present there are approximately 11500 known species of copepods. The number of
species described during the past 27 years is nearly two-thirds of all those described in the …

Bacterial-feeding nematodes affect organic-matter decomposition in several ways. They
include: feeding on microbes and regulating the rate at which organic compounds are …

The heavily-revised Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition continues its
tradition as a state-of-the-art reference that updates the field of marine science to meet the …

After briefly reviewing the evidence that meiofauna are an integral part of the complex food
web of invertebrate infaunal and epifaunal organisms, it is shown that, at least in intertidal …