Long-term change of meiofaunal species composition in a sandy beach, with description of 7 new species of Platyhelminthes

Abstract Climate change and species introductions strongly changed macrobenthic community composition in the North Sea during past decades. To find out whether there was a similar change in meiofauna, I re-examined a semi-exposed sandy beach of the Island of Sylt that had been intensively studied be...

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Main Author: Werner Armonies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Helgoland Marine Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10152-017-0492-0