Microfauna (Ancient Greek mikros "small" + Neo-Latin fauna "animal") refers to microscopic animals and organisms that exhibit animal-like qualities, and...
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Fauna (section Microfauna)
Microfauna are microscopic or very small animals (usually including protozoans and very small animals such as rotifers). To qualify as microfauna, an...
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Protists. Microbiota with animal-like characteristics can be classified as microfauna. The terms "Flora" and "Fauna" were first used by Carl Linnaeus from Sweden...
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Gunflint chert (section Preservation of microfauna)
environments. While older microfossils have since been described, the Gunflint microfauna is a historic geologic discovery and remains one of the most robust and...
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compacted lawns, aeration improves soil drainage and encourages worms, microfauna and microflora which require oxygen. Lawn aeration involves controlling...
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the veins of quartz. Lurking among these miniature "forests" are the microfauna, species of invertebrate, each with its own specific habitat requirements...
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Soil ecology (section Microfauna)
Soil ecology is the study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic and abiotic aspects of the soil environment. It is particularly...
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Bahariya Formation (section Microfauna and Meiofauna)
The Bahariya Formation (also transcribed as Baharija Formation) is a fossiliferous geologic formation dating back to the early Cenomanian, which outcrops...
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cystitis Interstitial fauna, small aquatic invertebrates, larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna Interstitial fluid, a solution that bathes...
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Hartley Mammoth Site (section Vertebrate microfauna)
The Hartley Mammoth Site is a pre-Clovis archaeological and paleontological site in New Mexico. Preserving the butchered remains of two Columbian mammoths...
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expanded multigene families associated with hydrolysis of bacterial and microfauna polysaccharides and proteins. This genome analysis revealed the dual saprotrophic...
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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...
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highly modified underground leaves to attract, trap and digest minute microfauna, particularly protozoans. Although suggested a century earlier by Charles...
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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...
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such as spiders, bees, dust mites, ladybugs and many more. The specific microfauna featured in the game suggests the setting to be somewhere in North America...
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been convincingly eliminated", noting that "A recent examination of the microfauna from the strata into which the grave was cut suggests that the pollen...
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in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Microbiota are the microflora and microfauna in an ecosystem. Microbiota may also refer to: Microbiota (plant), a genus...
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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...
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meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their size—larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna—rather than by their taxonomy. This fauna...
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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...
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331–2. ISBN 978-0-486-61897-5. OCLC 595572282. Martin, D. (August 1968). Microfauna of Biological Filters. University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Department...
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ciliates and amoeboid protozoa, annelids, round worms, insect larvae, other microfauna. (If annelids are abundant, the filter may be considered a vermifilter...
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death. Studies in 2009 questioned whether the decline in biota (including microfauna) as a result of human intervention might impede human health, hospital...
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of death in spores are soil organisms such as bacteria, protists, and microfauna. The genus Scutellospora is not monophyletic. Several species have been...
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Noisetier Cave (section Microfauna)
Zone as part of the Ardengost limestone massif, that contains a rich microfauna of foraminifera, brachiopods and polyps and floral (algae) elements. The...
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plants and the detritus-rich sands and sediments of freshwater habitats (microfauna) Aeolosomatids feed on microalgae, microorganisms, and detritus. They...
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Paul B. Pettitt, convincingly eliminated: "A recent examination of the microfauna from the strata into which the grave was cut suggests that the pollen...
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they have more experience. Good tank mates would include other peaceful, microfauna consuming species such as pipefish and dragonets. Seahorses found in stores...
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include fish kills, harm to plankton and other aquatic microflora and microfauna. Turbidity increase and dissolved oxygen decrease in receiving waters...
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microbes (especially bacteria) practiced by animals of the mesofauna, microfauna and meiofauna. Microbivorous animals include some soil nematodes, springtails...
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