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| The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos |  |
| Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (1986). The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos Hydrobiologia 142: 281-290 |
| In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: Berlin. ISSN 0018-8158, meer |
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- Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (1986). The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (1987). Long-term changes in coastal benthic communities: proceedings of a symposium, held in Brussels, Belgium, December 9-12, 1985. Developments in Hydrobiology, 38: pp. 281-290, meer
- Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (1987). The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos, in: (1987). IZWO Coll. Rep. 17(1987). IZWO Collected Reprints, 17: pp. chapter 5 [Subsequent publication], meer
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Meiobenthos; Monitoring; Tijdreeks; Voorspelling; Copepoda [Roeipootkreeftjes] [WoRMS]; Marien |
| Abstract |
The predictability of temporal changes was analysed in the population density of three meiobenthic copepod species, and for three parameters characterizing this community. For Paranychocamptus nanus and Tachidius discipes a large part of the variation in time scales longer than 1 year is explainable as cyclic factors. In P. nanus clear cycles with periods of 2 years and 1.5 years were found. These cyclic factors can be extrapolated for prediction. In Canuella perplexa almost all the variation was due to unpredictable long-term drift. Community parameters are generally better predicted than population densities. In our data set total density of the copepods was the best parameter to monitor. Monitoring does not necessitate a strict sampling scheme; irregular quarterly sampling from the P. nanus series showed that the essential features of the series were still discernible. |
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