Is the Determination of Meiobenthic Diversity Affected by the Sampling Method in Sandy Beaches? |
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| Authors: | N Gourbault R M Warwick |
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| Institution: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés marins, D.0699 CNRS, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 paris Cedex 05;Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Meiobenthic samples were collected by two different methods from the microtidal coralline sand beach at Gosier, Guadeloupe, West Indies: (I) vertical cores and (2) the K araman /C happuis (KC) technique of digging a hole and filtering the seepage water from the bottom. Nematode species diversity was unaffected by the sampling method, but nematode species composition differed. There was no evidence from statistical analysis to suggest differences in diversity or composition of higher taxa between sampling methods, although gastrotrichs appeared to be underrepresented by the KC technique. |
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| Keywords: | Diversity nematodes meiobenthos coralline beaches sampling methods |
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