Document of bibliographic reference 367450

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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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Title

Structure of meiofaunal communities in an urban tropical sandy beach in Pernambuco, Brazil

Abstract

Sandy beaches are among the most extensive coastal ecosystems in Brazil and constitute important buffer zones between terrestrial and marine environments. The present study aimed to analyze the distribution and spatiotemporal variation of the meiofaunal community of an urban tropical sandy beach in northeastern Brazil with a particular focus on nematofauna. We set up 4 transects during 2 sampling periods to evaluate different beach zones. The meiofauna comprised 8 taxa, and the nematofauna consisted of 5 orders, 16 families, and 45 genera. The meiofaunal communities followed the qualitative-quantitative standards of those of other tropical sandy beaches in northeastern Brazil. The nematofaunal community showed variation in its composition and trophic structure between dry and rainy months, which were not significantly correlated with granulometric characteristics. This suggests that other variables may influence the structure of nematofaunal communities in Gaibu Beach. Further research on the biodiversity of the meiofaunal communities on sandy beaches in northeastern Brazil is urgently needed given the lack of available information of these environments and the extreme stress they are currently under.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001003812200001

Bibliographic citation

Cavalcanti, M.F.; Chaddad, P.A.S.; Santos, É.; Guilherme, B.C. (2023). Structure of meiofaunal communities in an urban tropical sandy beach in Pernambuco, Brazil. Cienc. Mar. 49: e3294. https://dx.doi.org/10.7773/cm.y2023.3294

Topic

Marine

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true

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open access

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true