Table 1 Abundances and biomass of meiofauna.

From: Meiofauna increases bacterial denitrification in marine sediments

Treatment

Nematoda

Ostracoda

Harpacticoida

Kinorhyncha

Oligochaeta

Total

  

Candona neglecta

Paracyprideis fennica

Heterocyprideis sorbyana

Microarthridion littorale

Pseudobradya sp.

   

LM

86±19

2±1

8±3

5±2

0±0

0±0

3±2

2±1

106±22

 

1.4±0.3

4.1±1.9

21.8±7.2

13.5±4.3

0±0

0±0

0.8±0.6

22.9±8.7

64.5±13.6

HM

718±113

10±4

20±8

15±5

1±2

3±2

9±3

8±3

784±133

 

55.4±8.7

16.3±7.3

56.0±21.2

38.5±12.8

1.7±2.5

1.0±0.7

2.8±0.9

84.0±31.7

255.6±72.8

LMM

74±11

2±1

9±1

5±1

0±0

0±0

5±2

1±1

95±11

 

1.2±0.2

2.6±2.2

23.8±3.6

13.7±2.5

0±0

0±0

1.4±0.7

10.4±8.5

53.0±11.1

HMM

680±66

9±3

17±8

12±1

1±1

5±2

12±5

9±4

744±81

 

52.4±5.1

15.7±4.5

47.6±21.8

31.2±3.7

1.4±1.6

1.4±0.7

3.5±1.5

91.0±42.8

244.3±54.1

Control

462±56

7±1

17±2

12±1

3±1

6±1

10±1

8±1

522±58

(CTRL)

35.6±4.3

11.1±1.2

46.2±5.9

31.2±3.7

3.5±1.0

1.7±0.2

3.0±0.4

78.0±7.4

210.2±6.1

  1. CTRL, unmanipulated sediment cores; HM, high meiofauna; HMM, high meiofauna+macrofauna; LM, low meiofauna; LMM, low meiofauna+macrofauna.
  2. Meiofaunal densities (ind. 10−3 m−2) are in top rows in roman style and biomasses (μg C 10−3 m−2) are in second rows in italic style. Values represent average ± s.d. (n=5 per treatment).
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