Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution
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RBT56982022-06-06T17:30:40Z Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution Armenteros, M. P. Williams, J. Creagh, B. Capetillo, N. Meiofauna distribución vertical Mar Caribe manglares planos fangosos vertical distribution Caribbean Sea mangroves muddy flats The vertical distribution of meiofauna within subtidal sediments was studied in four stations pertaining to mangrove or muddy flats habitats. In 2003, replicated samples were taken in dry (February) and wet (July) seasons at the Bacunagua Inlet, southwestern coast of Cuba. The abundance and number of meiofaunal taxa exhibited a vertical gradient possibly due to changes in the concentrations of oxygen and hydrogen sulphide, rather than food availability along this gradient. Nematodes are capable of distributing themselves throughout the whole sediment column due to their ability to tolerate reducing conditions; however depletion of communities along depth was evident. Their presence in deeper sediments (6-10 cm) suggests that certain species are adequately adapted to spend their entire life cycle in these harsh environments (where soluble tannins and decomposing organic matter predominate). Copepods showed a strong limitation to vertical distribution (concentrating in the top 2 cm), possibly in response to a sharp vertical decline in oxygenation within these organically enriched sediments. Universidad de Costa Rica 2008-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Text application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5698 10.15517/rbt.v56i3.5698 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 56 No. 3 (2008): Volume 56 – Regular number 3 – September 2008; 1127–1134 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 56 Núm. 3 (2008): Volumen 56 – Número regular 3 – Setiembre 2008; 1127–1134 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 56 N.º 3 (2008): Volume 56 – Regular number 3 – September 2008; 1127–1134 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v56i3 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5698/5440 Copyright (c) 2008 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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Armenteros, M. P. Williams, J. Creagh, B. Capetillo, N. |
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Armenteros, M. P. Williams, J. Creagh, B. Capetillo, N. Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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Armenteros, M. P. Williams, J. Creagh, B. Capetillo, N. |
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Armenteros, M. |
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Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the gulf of batabanó, cuba: iii. vertical distribution |
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Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities from the western sector of the Gulf of Batabanó, Cuba: III. Vertical distribution |
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Universidad de Costa Rica |
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2008 |
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