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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Diversity of meiofauna in the lacustrine profundal zone: Bathymetric differences and influence of environmental factors

Jukka Särkkä

subject

EcologybiologyEcologyMeiobenthosSpecies diversityAquatic Sciencebiology.organism_classificationBenthosBenthic zoneProfundal zoneBathymetrySpecies richnessHarpacticoidaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsWater Science and Technology

description

The diversity and species richness of total meiofauna, Harpacticoida and Oligochaeta in relation to depth and other environmental variables were studied at nine stations and in two profundal depth zones in Lake Paijanne which includes both oligotrophic and eutrophicated or organically loaded areas.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00877449