期刊名称：Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego
印刷版ISSN：1981-6197
电子版ISSN：2177-4560
出版年度：2013
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：173-195
语种：Portuguese
出版社：Essentia Editora
摘要：Meiofauna is an ecologically heterogeneous group that occupies a variety of benthic habitats in marine environments. Meiofauna is defined in terms of size and habitat. Meiofauna communities are characterized by high taxonomic diversity compared to macrofauna and microfauna. In the process of colonization and succession of meiofauna on substrates recently made available, the first phases are moving fast and then slow further as niches are being filled. Due to its rapid response to changes in environment, meiofauna is indicated as a useful tool in studies of environmental quality.
关键词：Meiofauna. Community ecology. Diversity.;Meiofauna. Ecologia de comunidades. Diversidade.
