The response of sandy beach meiofauna to nutrients from sea turtle eggs

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• 作者：Z.M. Diane ; Le Gouvello ; ^{diane.legouvello@gmail.com} ; ^{s209201103@nmmu.ac.za} ; Ronel Nel ^{Ronel.Nel@nmmm.ac.za} ; Linda R. Harris ^{harris.linda.r@gmail.com} ; Karien Bezuidenhout ^{karien.bezuidenhout1@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Sea turtle ; Sandy beach ; Meiofauna ; Nematode ; Resource pulse ; South Africa
• 刊名：Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：487
• 期：Complete
• 页码：94-105
• 全文大小：2049 K
• 卷排序：487

文摘

Turtles serve as vectors of organic matter from sea to land via eggs laid on beaches. Meiofauna response to resource pulses is tested with sampling and an in situ experiment. There is a strong temporal variation of meiofauna in response to turtle eggs. Meiofauna taxa responded in succession, but communities were dominated by nematodes. Nematodes reached maximum abundance after 7 days, and declined thereafter.