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Meiofauna-macrofauna interactions: I. Sand beach meiofauna affected by maturingLimulus eggs

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Differential aggregation of meiofauna was associated with the presence of maturingLimulus eggs in a Roosevelt Inlet, Delaware, beach. Nematodes, gastrotrichs, oligochaetes and rotifers increased, whereas harpacticoid copepods, tardigrades and megalops larvae decreased; ostracods, turbellarians and nauplius larvae remained constant. Increase of Gastrotricha was attributable to but one of the several species present.

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  1. John W. Fleeger

    Present address: Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, 29208, Columbia, S.C.

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  1. Department of Zoology and Microbiology, Ohio University, 45701, Athens, Ohio

    William D. Hummon, John W. Fleeger & Margaret R. Hummon

  2. College of Marine Studies Field Station, University of Delaware, 19958, Lewes, Delaware

    William D. Hummon, John W. Fleeger & Margaret R. Hummon

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Hummon, W.D., Fleeger, J.W. & Hummon, M.R. Meiofauna-macrofauna interactions: I. Sand beach meiofauna affected by maturingLimulus eggs. Chesapeake Science 17, 297–299 (1976). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350519

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