Abstract
When describing meiofauna habitats, grain size is a key factor which directly determines spatial and structural conditions, and indirectly determines the physical and chemical milieu of the sediment. Poorly sorted sediment particles (e.g. sand mixed with gravel and silt) become packed tighter and the interstitial pore volume is often reduced to only 20% of the total volume. Well-sorted (coarse) sediments contain up to 45% pore volume. According to Ruttner-Kolisko (1962), most field samples of unsorted freshwater sand have a 40% pore volume.
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Giere, O. (1993). Habitat, Habitat Conditions and Their Study Methods. In: Meiobenthology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02912-1_2
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