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Differential aggregation of meiofauna was associated with the presence of maturingLimulus eggs in a Roosevelt Inlet, Delaware, beach. Nematodes, gastrotrichs, oligochaetes and rotifers increased, whereas harpacticoid copepods, tardigrades and megalops larvae decreased; ostracods, turbellarians and nauplius larvae remained constant. Increase of Gastrotricha was attributable to but one of the several species present.
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Hummon, W.D., Fleeger, J.W. & Hummon, M.R. Meiofauna-macrofauna interactions: I. Sand beach meiofauna affected by maturingLimulus eggs. Chesapeake Science 17, 297–299 (1976). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350519
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