zo eo (oo 



PERCENT 



20 bO 100 



20 60 100 



HARPACTICOID 

 COPEPODS 



05TRAC0DS 



NEMATODES 



Figure 5. Vertical distributions of some dominant groups of meiofaunal organisms (from 

 Tietjen 1969; Whitlatch unpublished data). 



Nematodes (this specimen is approximately 0.3 mm in length) are very common members of 

 the benthic meiofauna of New England tidal flats. Photo by R.B. Whitlatch, University 

 of Connecticut. 



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