Spatial and temporal patterns of platyhelminth assemblages in intertidal sediments of northeast Australia |
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Authors: | Dittmann Sabine |
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Institution: | (1) Forschungszentrum Terramare, Schleusenstr. 1, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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Abstract: | The distribution of Platyhelminthes was surveyed along two transects in tidal flats of the northeast coast of Queensland,
Australia, in May 1990 and September 1991. Species numbers and densities as well as individual abundances and diversity increased
from the high towards the low intertidal in relation to sediment composition. Along this gradient, platyhelminth assemblages
of low intertidal sandflats, muddy sandflats and mudflats were distinguished with multivariate analyses. The distribution
pattern was affected by the sediment parameter, and also by interactions with macrofauna. Sampling and analysis of the platyhelminth
assemblage in tidal flats of Hinchinbrook Channel over time (November 1988 to October 1991) revealed annual and interannual
variation, but no seasonality.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | meiofauna distribution Platyhelminthes tropical tidal flat interaction sediment composition |
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