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Is the Determination of Meiobenthic Diversity Affected by the Sampling Method in Sandy Beaches?
Author(s) -
Gourbault N.,
Warwick R. M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
marine ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1439-0485
pISSN - 0173-9565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1994.tb00057.x
Subject(s) - sampling (signal processing) , taxon , digging , ecology , nematode , meiobenthos , diversity (politics) , alpha diversity , diversity index , species diversity , geology , biology , geography , species richness , abundance (ecology) , archaeology , engineering , filter (signal processing) , sociology , anthropology , electrical engineering
. Meiobenthic samples were collected by two different methods from the microtidal coralline sand beach at Gosier, Guadeloupe, West Indies: (I) vertical cores and (2) the K araman /C happuis (KC) technique of digging a hole and filtering the seepage water from the bottom. Nematode species diversity was unaffected by the sampling method, but nematode species composition differed. There was no evidence from statistical analysis to suggest differences in diversity or composition of higher taxa between sampling methods, although gastrotrichs appeared to be underrepresented by the KC technique.