benthic organisms between 0.06 and 0.5 mm. This size fraction is dominated by interstitial animals.
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Animal life that is found on the bed of a river, lake, or sea thats small size means it is only just visible to the naked eye. Mobile benthic invertebrates that pass through a 42 or 63 micron mesh and are retained on a 500 micron mesh
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Animals ranging in size from approximately 0.1 mm to 1 mm that live within the sediments, the size class of transition from micro- to macrofauna. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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meiofauna 1. The smaller, invertebrate fauna of sea bottoms. 2. In zoology, a classification of animals that are intermediate in size between those that can easily be seen with the naked eye (macrofauna) and those that are microscopic (microfauna).
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Animals whose shortest dimension is less than 0.5 mm but greater than or equal to 0.1 mm
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