Composition, distribution and communities structure of the intertidal meiofauna of the Ría de Ferrol (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula).

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Event Abstract Back to Event Composition, distribution and communities structure of the intertidal meiofauna of the Ría de Ferrol (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula). Celia Besteiro1* and Wilma Eugênio2 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Spain 2 Universidade Federal de Maranhão (UFMA), Biología, Brazil In the present poster we describe the meiofaunic spatial structure in terms of diversity and abundance of major taxa, as well as its relationship with the environmental characteristics in the Ria of Ferrol. For this aim, environmental characteristics and distribution patterns of intertidal meiobenthic communities at the Ria of Ferrol were studied using multivariate methods. An abundant and rich meiofauna community was reported at Ria of Ferrol. We studied a total of 126.142 individuals, belonging to 26 higher taxa. The most common taxa were nematodes, harpacticoid copepods, turbellarians and ostracodes. Four clear different meiobenthic communities were defined, based on the grain size of the Ria of Ferrol. Keywords: intertidal, Meiofauna, Assemblages structure, Biodiversity, Galician littoral Conference: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies, Porto, Portugal, 5 Sep - 9 Sep, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: 1. ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEMS Citation: Besteiro C and Eugênio W (2016). Composition, distribution and communities structure of the intertidal meiofauna of the Ría de Ferrol (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula).. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00100 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 28 Apr 2016; Published Online: 03 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. Celia Besteiro, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, Lugo, Lugo / Spain, 27002, Spain, celia.besteiro@usc.es Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Celia Besteiro Wilma Eugênio Google Celia Besteiro Wilma Eugênio Google Scholar Celia Besteiro Wilma Eugênio PubMed Celia Besteiro Wilma Eugênio Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.