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Four hypothetically meiofauna-predacious endobenthic macrofauna species were selected for manipulation using the criteria of high abundance and different modes of feeding: <i>Cerastoderma edule</i> (filter-feeder), <i>Nereis diversicolor</i> (omnivorous scavenger), <i>Ophelia bicornis</i> (sand-ingester), <i>Scrobicularia plana</i> (deposit-feeder). Enclosures constructed from plastic tubing, 63 mu m nylon monofilament mesh and galvanized steel were deployed, containing adult members of these taxa at densities raised to approximately four times that of the surrounding sediment. The experiments ran for 12 tidal cycles. Differences in phyletic meiofaunal abundance between treatment and control enclosures at the termination of the experiment were assessed using both uni- and multivariate data-analysis techniques. Only two univariate significant differences (p < 0.05) existed for the <i>N. diversicolor</i> treatment and two for the S. plana treatment. 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