Microfauna (from Ancient Greek mikros 'small' and from Latin fauna 'animal') are microscopic animals and organisms that exhibit animal-like qualities and...

meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their size, larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna, rather than a taxonomic grouping. One environment...

Protists. Microbiota with animal-like characteristics can be classified as microfauna. The terms "Flora" and "Fauna" were first used by Carl Linnaeus from Sweden...

The Bahariya Formation (also transcribed as Baharija Formation) is a fossiliferous geologic formation dating back to the early Cenomanian, which outcrops...

compacted lawns, aeration improves soil drainage and encourages worms, microfauna and microflora which require oxygen. Lawn aeration involves controlling...

The Hartley Mammoth Site is a pre-Clovis archaeological and paleontological site in New Mexico. Preserving the butchered remains of two Columbian mammoths...

environments. While older microfossils have since been described, the Gunflint microfauna is a historic geologic discovery and remains one of the most robust and...

meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their size—larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna—rather than by their taxonomy. This fauna...

the veins of quartz. Lurking among these miniature "forests" are the microfauna, species of invertebrate, each with its own specific habitat requirements...

Zone as part of the Ardengost limestone massif, that contains a rich microfauna of foraminifera, brachiopods and polyps and floral (algae) elements. The...

Soil ecology studies interactions among soil organisms, and their environment. It is particularly concerned with the cycling of nutrients, soil aggregate...

highly modified underground leaves to attract, trap and digest minute microfauna, particularly protozoans. Although suggested a century earlier by Charles...

fauna have been classified, according to increasing body size, in soil microfauna (20 μm to 200 μm), mesofauna (200 μm to 2 mm), macrofauna (2 mm to 2 cm)...

turned into a video called Mardi Gras from a Birds Eye View. Charismatic Microfauna was an art and science collaboration focused on photosynthetic microscopic...

Veternica is a cave located on Medvednica mountain in Zagreb, Croatia. At 7,128 metres (23,386 ft) long, with a depth of 50 metres (160 ft) and a vertical...

or as "show tanks", with the rock kept largely bare of the algae and microfauna that would normally populate it, in order to appear neat and clean. The...

protozoa, fish eggs and various larvae. The pelagic zone contains macro- and microfauna and myriad zooplankton which drift with the currents. Most of the smallest...

expanded multigene families associated with hydrolysis of bacterial and microfauna polysaccharides and proteins. This genome analysis revealed the dual saprotrophic...

been convincingly eliminated", noting that "A recent examination of the microfauna from the strata into which the grave was cut suggests that the pollen...

microbes (especially bacteria) practiced by animals of the mesofauna, microfauna and meiofauna. Microbivorous animals include some soil nematodes, springtails...

contain live rock and live sand, macroalgae, and sometimes scavenger microfauna such as micro brittle stars, tiny sea stars such as Asterina, snails,...

and Cantharellus cibarius. In addition to mycorrhiza, the presence of microfauna in the soil assists the growth of the tree, as it enhances the mobilization...

and bacteria that are desirable in the aquarium. Some examples of the microfauna commonly found on live rock are crabs, snails, feather dusters, brittle...

death. Studies in 2009 questioned whether the decline in biota (including microfauna) as a result of human intervention might impede human health, hospital...

Wake, T.A.; Roeder, M.A. (2009). "A diverse Rancholabrean vertebrate microfauna from southern California includes the first fossil record of ensatina...

compounds and fulvic acid. By the process of biological decomposition by microfauna, bacteria, and fungi, CO2 and H2O, nutrient elements, and a decomposition-resistant...

of death in spores are soil organisms such as bacteria, protists, and microfauna. The genus Scutellospora is not monophyletic. Several species have been...

reaches up to between 13–22 degrees in winter. The lake's lack of basal microfauna and ferruginous soil provides clear water. The area prior had been previously...

its faunal history by more recent intruding factors such as burrowing microfauna or stratigraphic disturbances born from anthropogenic methods. This term...

metal contaminated areas could be a sign of reduced activity by soils microfauna and microflora, indicating a reduced number of individuals or diminished...