Assessing meiofaunal variation among ind
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Chester J Sands; Peter Convey; Katrin Linse; Sandra J McInnes
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Article
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2008
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background Meiofauna – multicellular animals captured between sieve size 45 μm and 1000 μm – are a fundamental component of terrestrial, and marine benthic ecosystems, forming an integral element of food webs, and playing a critical roll in nutrient recycling. Most phyla have meiofaunal represen