Meiofaunal diversity and sediment attributes in Burrard Inlet and Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Canada / by Terri F. Sutherland, Mitchell A. Hoyle, Rianna Burnham, Caitlin O'Neill, Marina A. Galvao,... : Fs97-6/3522E-PDF
"Sediment and meiofaunal samples were collected in Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Canada, to examine sediment texture and meiofaunal distribution and diversity within the seabed. Sediment samples were analyzed for grain size fractionation, sediment porosity (%), organic constituents (%), trace-element concentration, and meiofaunal relative proportion, abundance, and frequency of occurrence. Sediment texture ranged from medium silt (58.01 µm) to very coarse sand (543.30 µm) with the majority of stations falling into coarse silt (53.25 µm - 105.20 µm) and very fine sand (98.27 µm – 181.2 µm) categories. The trace-element concentrations varied with both sediment attributes and station location and were compared to the Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines (ISQG) (CCME 1999). In terms of meiofauna taxa, nematodes, foraminiferans, and harpacticoid copepods represented the dominant meiofaunal taxa (87%) across the sampling area. Rare meiofauna, that occurred at a single station, included arachnids, cumaceans, gastropods, tanaidaceans, amphipods, calanoid copepods, cirriped larvae, and halacarids, Other predominant taxa included nematodes (Richtersia sp., Desmoscolesidae), bivalves, kinorhynchs, ostracods, rotifers and arthropod nauplius, and Annelids (Errantia, Sedentaria, Polychaeta, Oligochaeta)"--Abstract, page xvii.
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Ministère/Organisme | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body. |
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Titre | Meiofaunal diversity and sediment attributes in Burrard Inlet and Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Canada / by Terri F. Sutherland, Mitchell A. Hoyle, Rianna Burnham, Caitlin O'Neill, Marina A. Galvao, Carl L. Amos, James Mortimor, and Paul. A. Covert. |
Titre de la série | Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 1488-5379 ; 3522 |
Type de publication | Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal |
Langue | [Anglais] |
Format | Électronique |
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Note(s) | Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91). Includes abstracts in English and French. |
Information sur la publication | West Vancouver, B.C. : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch - Pacific Region, Ecosystem Science Division, Pacific Science Enterprise Centre, 2023. ©2023 |
Auteur / Contributeur | Sutherland, T. F. (Terri-Ann Frances)author. |
Description | 1 online resource (xviii, 91 pages) : colour illustrations, colour maps. |
ISBN | 9780660473130 |
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Descripteurs | Coastal sediments -- British Columbia -- Burrard Inlet -- Analysis. Coastal sediments -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Delta -- Analysis. Meiofauna -- British Columbia -- Burrard Inlet. Meiofauna -- British Columbia -- Fraser River Delta. Sédiments littoraux -- Colombie-Britannique -- Burrard, Anse de -- Analyse. Sédiments littoraux -- Colombie-Britannique -- Fraser, Delta du -- Analyse. Méiofaune -- Colombie-Britannique -- Burrard, Anse de. Méiofaune -- Colombie-Britannique -- Fraser, Delta du. |
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