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A technique for studying field interstitial meiofaunal predation is described. Tested on mud and sand communities in the Exe Estuary, southwest England, the methodology provided evidence for the complexity of field-based meiobenthic trophic interactions. Nematoda and Turbellaria were implicated in 2 types of predation (1) direct carnivory, whereby one meiofaunal individual was ingested by another; (2 ) internal predation, whereby small nematodes invaded the bodles of other meiofauna in a manner that might have been parasitism, carnlvory or scavenging. Prey items included nematodes, harpacticoid copepods, ostracods, annelids and halacarids. The freezing technique was evaluated against alternative methodologies for studying meiofaunal feeding interactions: advantages include directness (i.e. no use of an intermediate assay) and field pertinence (animals are fixed within seconds of in situ sampling). However, the technique is time-consuming and only provides a 'snapshot' of each predatory interaction, i.e the subsequent outcome can only be assumed. Photographs are presented showing incidents of meiofaunal predation.

Predation within meiofaunal communities: description and results of a rapid-freezing method of investigation