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    Fauna (redirect from Macrofauna)
    in fresh water. Macrofauna are benthic or soil organisms which are retained on a 0.5 mm sieve. Studies in the deep sea define macrofauna as animals retained...
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    Charismatic megafauna are animal species that are large—in the relevant category that they represent—with symbolic value or widespread popular appeal,...
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    Tardigrade that was extracted from moss Nematoda (Caenorhabditis elegans) Macrofauna are organisms that are greater than 2mm in size that usually inhabit soft...
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  • Soil macrofauna, climatic gradients and soil heterogeneity  Historical factors, such as climate and soil parent materials, shape landscapes above and below...
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    was first named by Crusafont Pairo in 1952. It was only found at the Macrofauna, Los Valles de Fuentidueña fossil site in Segovia, Spain. "Fossilworks:...
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    microfauna but smaller than macrofauna—rather than by their taxonomy. This fauna includes both animals that turn into macrofauna later in life, and those...
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  • exclusively microorganisms; no known macrofauna possesses the ability to use inorganic compounds as electron sources. Macrofauna and lithotrophs can form symbiotic...
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    A typical soil has a biomass composition of 70% microorganisms, 22% macrofauna, and 8% roots. The living component of an acre of soil may include 900 lb...
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    "Quantification of ragworm (Nereididae: Tylorrhychus) density in soil macrofauna communities in the Northern coastal area of Vietnam: Nghiên cứu định lượng...
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    "Comparative Composition, Diversity and Trophic Ecology of Sediment Macrofauna at Vents, Seeps and Organic Falls". PLOS ONE. 7 (4): e33515. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...
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    crabs and a sipuncula (peanut worm). Mangrove fauna may be grouped into macrofauna (larger than 2mm, gastropods/snails and crabs), meiofauna (0.1 mm to 2mm...
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    000 accessed 25 October 2022 Kamenev, Gennady M. (10 February 2022). "Macrofauna and Nematode Abundance in the Abyssal and Hadal Zones of Interconnected...
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    chemosynthetic communities such as bacteria and other micro-benthos, meiofauna, macrofauna, and megafauna (larger organisms such as crabs, sea pens, crinoids, demersal...
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    of the exotic crustacean, Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda), and other macrofauna on organic matter dynamics in soil microcosms in a hardwood forest in...
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    Hagerman, Lars; Josefson, Alf B.; Jensen, Jørgen N. (1996). "Benthic macrofauna and demersal fish". Eutrophication in Coastal Marine Ecosystems. Coastal...
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    west-central Sinai, Egypt". "SENONIAN MACROFAUNA FROM WEST-CENTRAL SINAI: BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY". "Senonian macrofauna from west-central Sinai: biostratigraphy...
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    8,900 m (5.5 mi), sea cucumbers comprise 90% of the total mass of the macrofauna. Sea cucumbers form large herds that move across the bathygraphic features...
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  • small aquatic invertebrates, larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna Interstitial fluid, a solution that bathes and surrounds the cells of...
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    combined with high rates of bioturbation by macrofauna, such as crabs and lobsters. Bioturbation by macrofauna affect nitrogen availability and multiple...
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    protists, microbial prokaryotes, and various fauna including megafauna, macrofauna, and meiofauna, each distinguished by size. Due to the lack of historical...
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    Africa are poorly known. A few ecological studies have been undertaken on macrofauna, mainly in West Africa. Earthworms are being extensively studied in West...
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    emphasizes aspects of bacterial growth which may differ from the growth of macrofauna. It emphasizes clonality, asexual binary division, the short development...
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    and affect the abundance and composition of associated epibionts and macrofauna: including gastropods, crabs, urchins and fish. Its dense congregation...
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    of California Invertebrate Database: The Invertebrate Portion of the Macrofauna Golfo Database". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Center for Sonoran Desert...
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    woodlands before the event. At the same time that marine invertebrate macrofauna declined, these large woodlands died out and were followed by a rise in...
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    increase soil porosity, producing suitable habitat networks for soil macrofauna. It keeps the enrichment of the soil good for the next few years. One...
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    Fisherman cleaning his net in Pulicat Lake Nadari river Sanjeeva Raj, P. J. "Macrofauna of Pulicat lagoon" (PDF). National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai. Archived...
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    ISBN 978-1-55143-114-7. Ólafsdóttir, Droplaug; Shinn, Andrew P. (2013). "Epibiotic macrofauna on common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, in...
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    the pharynx. They are themselves eaten by turbellarians and other small macrofauna. Like many microscopic animals, gastrotrich locomotion is primarily powered...
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    disturbances. Nodule fields provide hard substrate on the bottom, attracting macrofauna. A study of benthic communities in the CCZ assessed a 350 square mile...
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