microfauna

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microfauna

[′mī·krə‚fȯn·ə]

(ecology)

Microscopic animals such as protozoa and nematodes.

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Esta formada por arenas y calcarenitas de grano medio a muy grueso, pobres en microfauna.

Pectinidos pliocenos de la Cuenca de Vejer (Cadiz, SO de Espana)

Not all microfauna in the wheatbelt are salt tolerant however.

Small signs of a salty past

A further explanation is that nonhuman vertebrates, particularly the microfauna, frequently are viewed as insignificant (and, therefore, often ignored, discarded, or only casually noted) by persons excavating archaeological sites.

Mammalian paleofaunas of central Texas from the late Wisconsinan glacial period to the latest Holocene

Determinations Will Be Made: - Petrography - Mineralogy - Sedimentology - Macro and Microfauna - Palynology Analyzes Will Be Performed: - Morphometric and Exoscopice Different Minerals or Rocks - Petrographic - Granule - Chemical the Results of Research Conducted On This Equipment Will Be Used in the Following Areas: - Mineralogy - Crystallography - Petrography - Sedimentology - Soil - Chemistry - Physical - Biology - Micropalaeontological - Microbiology - Parasitology - Metallurgy - Construction - Microtechnology - New Materials - Nanomaterials - Composite in General Geological Studies Will Be Mining Industry, the Oil Industry.

Scanning Electron Microscope Acquisition Project in Microcosm

Todos os seus componentes, plantas, animais, solo e sua macro, meso e microfauna, formam uma rede complexa de interacoes, caracterizando um conjunto de relacoes entre processos de producao que se mantem e produz seus componentes dentro da cadeia alimentar, mantendo o conjunto afastado do estado de equilibrio.

Systemic approach and roughness application to cause emerging properties in the restoration of degraded soils/Abordagem sistemica e aplicacao de rugosidades para desencadear propriedades emergentes em restauracao de solos degradados

Effects of short-term nutrient addition on microfauna density in a Mediterranean stream.

Planktonic heterotrophic nanoflagellate abundance along a trophic gradient in subtropical reservoirs: influence of a bottom-up or topdown control mechanism?/Abundancia de nanoflagelados heterotroficos ao longo de um gradiente trofico em reservatorios tropicais: influencia do mecanismo de controle bottom-up ou top-down?

Besides pelloid, wide variety of lagoonal microfaun (Miliolid, micritized red algae) and open marine microfauna (Nummulites, Echinoid debris) are present in this microfacies.

Lithostratigraphy, microfacies investigation and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Jahrum Formation in the west and north of the Bandar Abbass area, South Iran

Neste sentido, a abundancia de micro-organismos decompositores pode contribuir para estimular tambem sua microfauna saprofita e predadora; assim, as condicoes distintas do solo sob vegetacao de mata, juntamente com a ausencia de perturbacoes decorrentes de atividade antropica, tornam possivel a existencia de maiores quantidades de CBM e NBM, indicando o maior equilibrio da microbiota do solo no ecossistema (Porto et al.

Physical, chemical and biological soil attributes as impacted by successive rice crops/Atributos fisicos, quimicos e biologicos do solo impactado por cultivos sucessivos de arroz

Sameeni [18] gave a comprehensive study of microfauna of the Margala Hill Limestone of Bandi area.

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC STUDIES OF LOCKHART LIMESTONE, CHANGLAGALI AREA, NATHIAGALI- MURREE ROAD, HAZARA, NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Keywords: Sui main limestone, eocene (Ypresian), reservoir, sui gas field, microfauna, foramiifera, paleoenvironment.

Microfaunal Assemblage of the Sui Main Limestone from Sui Gas Field, Pakistan

Bonkowski M, Griffiths B, Scrimgeour C (2000) Substrate heterogeneity and microfauna in soil organic 'hotspots' as determinants of nitrogen capture and growth of ryegrass.

Effects of afforestation with Eucalyptus grandis on soil physicochemical and microbiological properties

The microfauna found in the Juan Vich ravine indicates that the upper series of the Cabriel Basin dates from middle Miocene until the Pliocene.

New rodent faunas from middle miocene and miopliocene in the Cabriel basin (Valencia, Spain)/Nuevas faunas de roedores del Mioceno medio y del Mio-Plioceno en la cuenca del Cabriel (Valencia, Espana)