naa a22 4500 510754457 CHVBK 20180411083117.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0340-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0340-2 Temporal dynamics of shallow subtidal meiobenthos from a beach in Tenerife (Canary Islands, northeast Atlantic Ocean) [Elektronische Daten] [Rodrigo Riera, Jorge Núñez, María del Carmen Brito] A shallow subtidal (3 m deep) meiofaunal assemblage in Los Abrigos Bay, Tenerife, Canary Islands was sampled during May 2000-April 2001. The main aims were to (1) find temporal variations in meiofaunal assemblage structure and overall abundance, as well as in the most abundant meiofaunal species throughout the study period, and (2) identify environmental variables (sedimentary composition, organic matter content, and total nitrogen) that better explain meiofaunal assemblage structure during the study year. The most abundant species were the nematodes Siphonolaimus sp. 2 and Catanema sp., which represented 46.2% of the overall meiofaunal abundances and varied significantly throughout the study duration. Overall meiofaunal abundance and the most abundant taxonomic groups (nematodes, copepods, and oligochaetes) showed significant temporal variations during the study period. Nematodes overwhelmingly dominated during the study period, ranging from 78% in May to 97.34% in February. Multivariate analyses showed seasonality inmeiofaunal community structure during the study year, with the lowest abundances in May. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 Meiofauna nationallicence assemblage structure nationallicence subtidal nationallicence Canary Islands nationallicence Atlantic Ocean nationallicence Riera Rodrigo Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico (CIMA SL), Arzobispo Elías Yanes 44, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain aut Núñez Jorge Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain aut del Carmen Brito María Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 32/8(2013-08-01), 44-54 0253-505X 32:8<44 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0340-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0340-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Riera Rodrigo Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico (CIMA SL), Arzobispo Elías Yanes 44, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Núñez Jorge Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- del Carmen Brito María Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 32/8(2013-08-01), 44-54 0253-505X 32:8<44 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer