Meiobenthology The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic Sediments /

• Main Author: Giere, Olav (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Microbiology.; Zoology.; Invertebrates.; Ecotoxicology.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.

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 developments in this field. Major progress has been made in three general areas: Systematics, diversity and distribution...

Table of Contents:

• to Meiobenthology
• The Biotope: Factors and Study Methods
• Sampling and Processing Meiofauna
• Biological Characteristics of Meiofauna
• Meiofauna Taxa: A Systematic Account
• Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Effects in Meiobenthology
• Patterns of Meiofauna Distribution
• Meiofauna from Selected Biotopes and Regions
• Synecological Perspectives in Meiobenthology
• Retrospect on Meiobenthology and Outlook on New Approaches and Future Research.