Table 1 Distribution of the meiofauna taxa in the different study sites
Taxon | Study sites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Westerschelde 1 | Westerschelde 2 | Knokke-Heist | Heist | De Panne | Audresselles | |
Nematoda | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Harpacticoida | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Turbellaria | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Ostracoda | + | + | + | + | + | − |
Tardigrada | + | − | + | + | + | + |
Gastrotricha | + | + | + | + | + | − |
Copepoda nauplii | + | − | + | + | + | + |
Oligochaeta | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Bivalvia | + | + | − | + | − | − |
Polychaeta | + | − | − | + | + | + |
Halacaroidea | − | − | + | + | + | − |
Number of taxa | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 |