2012
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12008
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Tidal exposure or microhabitats: what determines sandy‐beach nematode zonation? a case study of a macrotidal ridge‐and‐runnel sandy beach in Belgium

Abstract: Lately, across-shore zonation has been found to be more important in structuring the nematode community of a tropical macrotidal sandy beach than microhabitat heterogeneity. To evaluate whether this zonation pattern applies to a temperate beach, a macrotidal ridge-and-runnels sandy beach in the North Sea was studied. We investigated whether a similar zonation occurs in sandbar and runnel microhabitats, and whether the runnels harbour a different community from the subtidal. Our results indicate that nematode c… Show more

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“…In an attempt to understand distribution and structure of Nematoda associations on beaches, several studies have been conducted both on horizontal distribution (Nicholas and Hodda, 1999;Gheskiere et al, 2002;Gheskiere et al, 2004;Gingold et al, 2010;Maria et al, 2013) and on vertical distribution (Sharma and Webster, 1983;Maria et al, 2012;Maria et al, 2018). However, the studies focusing on horizontal and/or vertical distribution across climatic periods are still limited (Sharma and Webster, 1983;Nicholas and Hodda, 1999;Armenteros et al, 2009;Gingold et al, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In an attempt to understand distribution and structure of Nematoda associations on beaches, several studies have been conducted both on horizontal distribution (Nicholas and Hodda, 1999;Gheskiere et al, 2002;Gheskiere et al, 2004;Gingold et al, 2010;Maria et al, 2013) and on vertical distribution (Sharma and Webster, 1983;Maria et al, 2012;Maria et al, 2018). However, the studies focusing on horizontal and/or vertical distribution across climatic periods are still limited (Sharma and Webster, 1983;Nicholas and Hodda, 1999;Armenteros et al, 2009;Gingold et al, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Markert et al (2015) found distinct macrofaunal communities at the troughs, flanks and crests of shoreface-connected ridges in the German Wadden Sea, while Zonneveld et al (2014) found species segregation on a ridge and runnel system in British Columbia, Canada. Similarly, spatial segregation due to microhabitat heterogeneity was demonstrated in nematode communities in runnel and sand bar systems (Gingold et al 2011, Maria et al 2013.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Since the first scheme of horizontal faunal zonation was published by Mortensen (1921), several attempts have been made to define well-demarcated zones in sandy-beach sediments, by using physical factors (Salvat 1964, Pollock and Hummon 1971, McLachlan 1980, macroinvertebrates (Dahl 1952, Salvat 1964, 1967, McLachlan and Jaramillo 1995, Defeo and McLachlan 2005, for a recent review) or meiofauna (Blome 1983, Rodriguez et al 2001, 2005a, Kotwicki et al 2005a, Gingold et al 2010, Maria et al 2013b.…”
Section: Patterns Of Nematode Distributionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, some, more heterogeneous beaches display intertidal sandbars intercalated by depressions, which retain water when tides recedes, across their wide intertidal zone (Masselink et al 2006); this habitat is therein called runnel and those beaches that bear it are so-called macrotidal ridge-and-runnel beach. On these beaches, for example De Panne Beach in Belgium, studied by Maria et al (2013b), the two microhabitats (runnels and sandbars) contain different nematode communities, which are reflected in dissimilar across-shore zonation. Three nematode associations (upper, middle and lower beach) are much more evident in the sandbars than in the runnels.…”
Section: Mesoscale Distribution Of Nematode Communitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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