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Meaning of "meiofaunal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEIOFAUNAL

meiofaunal  [ˌmaɪəʊˈfɔːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEIOFAUNAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meiofaunal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MEIOFAUNAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of meiofaunal in the English dictionary

The definition of meiofaunal in the dictionary is of or relating to meiofauna.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEIOFAUNAL


avifaunal
ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnəl
colonel
ˈkɜːnəl
cornel
ˈkɔːnəl
epifaunal
ˈɛpɪˌfɔːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
faunal
ˈfɔːnəl
ichthyofaunal
ˌɪkθɪəʊˈfɔːnəl
infaunal
ɪnˈfɔːnəl
infernal
ɪnˈfɜːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
kernel
ˈkɜːnəl
maternal
məˈtɜːnəl
megafaunal
ˌmɛɡəˈfɔːnəl
microfaunal
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈfɔːnəl
nocturnal
nɒkˈtɜːnəl
penal
ˈpiːnəl
renal
ˈriːnəl
tribunal
traɪˈbjuːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEIOFAUNAL

meibomian cyst
meibomian gland
Meiji
meikle
Meilhac
meinie
meiny
meiocyte
meiofauna
meionite
meioses
meiosis
meiospore
meiotic
meiotically
Meir
meishi

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEIOFAUNAL

appeals tribunal
arbitration tribunal
communal
employment tribunal
Hague Tribunal
industrial tribunal
intercommunal
jejunal
lacunal
nounal
shogunal
Waitangi Tribunal

Synonyms and antonyms of meiofaunal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «meiofaunal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEIOFAUNAL

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The translations of meiofaunal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meiofaunal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小型底栖动物
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Translator English - Spanish

meiofauna
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofauna
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meiofaunal
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méiofaune
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Meiofaunal
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Meiofauna
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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Meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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Translator English - Tamil

meiofaunal
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Translator English - Marathi

मेआयओफ़ायनल
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Translator English - Turkish

meiofaunal
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Translator English - Italian

meiofauna
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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meiofaunal
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Trends of use of meiofaunal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEIOFAUNAL»

The term «meiofaunal» is used very little and occupies the 169.152 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEIOFAUNAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meiofaunal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEIOFAUNAL»

Discover the use of meiofaunal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meiofaunal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Factors Affecting Meiofaunal Colonization and Assemblage ...
Meiofauna are an abundant, diverse and important component of the marine biota, however, much of their ecology has been neglected.
Matthew J. Broeckner, 2009
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Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic ...
There are also some modifications of this very useful instrument for meiofaunal work. Quantitative drainage of the chambers can be improved by giving the bottoms of the chambers a slight slope towards the stopper holes. When mounted on ...
Olav Giere, 2008
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Biology and Ecology of Shallow Coastal Waters: Proceedings ...
Concerning the meiofaunal community of Fucus serratus epifauna Patrick J.S. Boaden, Yvonne McGovern & Deborah Moorcroft The Queen's University School of Biology & Biochemistry, Marine Biology Station, Portaferry, Co. Down, BT22 1PF ...
Anastasios Eleftheriou, Christopher Smith, Alan D. Ansell, 1995
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Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos
Furthermore, these different-sized components of the fauna are also ecologically distinct, in that the meiofauna tend to be separated from macrofauna in terms of their reproduction (all meiofauna are in situ breeders), dispersal (no meiofaunal ...
Anastasios Eleftheriou, 2013
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Marine Ecological Processes: A derivative of the ...
While oxygen content is the ultimate factor controlling most meiofaunal vertical distribution, desiccation can also be important, particularly in intertidal marine beaches. As sand dries at low tide, the fauna face desiccation stress regardless of ...
John H. Steele, Steve A. Thorpe, Karl K. Turekian, 2010
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The Mediterranean Deep-sea Ecosystems: An Overview of Their ...
Meiofaunal abundance (excluding foraminiferans) diminishes with increasing depth (De Bovée et al., 1990), along with environmental indicators of food resources. This pattern is even more pronounced in the Eastern basin (Danovaro et al., ...
WWF Mediterranean Programme, 2004
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Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and ...
H. Zhou The Swire Institute of Marine Science and Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong* ABSTRACT Temporal changes in the abundance of major taxa making up three meiofaunal communities ...
Brian Morton, 2003
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Streams and Ground Waters
TABLE III Meiofaunal Reviews" Meiofaunal texts Meiofaunal ecology (Giere, 1993) History of meiofauna, sampling methodology, taxonomy (Higgins and Thiel , 1988) Various reviews Review of marine meiofauna research (Coull, 1988) Review ...
Jeremy B. Jones, Patrick J. Mulholland, 1999
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The sediment environment of Port Valdez, Alaska: the effect ...
Office of Research and Development. meiofaunal densities on the Dayville mudflat corresponded with sub-zero air temperatures and frozen surface sediment in the winter of 1972 and 35 1973. Barnett (1968) working in England demonstrated ...
Howard M. Feder, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development, 1976
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Biological Surveys of Estuaries and Coasts
Also Gerlach (1978) emphasised the role of meiofaunal organisms as gardeners of the microflora and -fauna. Meiofaunal organisms, because of their feeding habits and minute size, are intimately bound to the microbenthos; thus, these ...
J. M. Baker, W. J. Wolff, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEIOFAUNAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meiofaunal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lauderdale: Fiddler crab love shacks a real eye-opener
"For every fiddler there may be hundreds or thousands of meiofaunal animals," Seabrook writes, so the presence of the lowly fiddler "indicates ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Apr 15»
2
Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean
As he continues the sampling work post-spill and puts names to the meiofaunal faces, he's "found about 15 species that appear to be new to ... «Smithsonian, Apr 15»
3
Gardline deep water environmental
Sediment samples were gathered by means of a megacorer for subsequent meiofaunal and physiochemical analysis. Unfortunately, the survey ... «Maritime Journal, May 14»
4
Planting the next generation of oak trees at this time of year
In the third study, the meiofaunal communities of local sandy beaches were described for the first time ever. Meiofauna consists of organisms ... «Times of Malta, Jan 14»
5
Climate Change Will Cause "Staggering" Changes to the Deep Sea
... particularly for the typically sediment-dwelling infaunal organisms (macro and meiofaunal)," the authors write, noting that such effects have ... «Motherboard, Jan 14»
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Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?
Almost a century later, Hessler (1974) noted that “individuals of certain taxa are routinely so small that they are of meiofaunal size.” Thiel (1975) ... «Deep-Sea News, Mar 13»
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When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they've …
[Sidenote: this is a pretty common assumption for microscopic animals and is known as the “meiofaunal paradox”. Victorian scientists would ... «Deep-Sea News, Feb 13»
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Minor oil spills are often bigger than reported
... Lindgren et al., 2012 it is experimentally investigated how even small oil spills can negatively affect meiofaunal and microbial communities. «Nature.com, Jan 13»
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Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the …
We're talking about taxonomic groups like meiofaunal metazoans (e.g. Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Gastrotricha and Kinorhyncha, etc.) ... «Deep-Sea News, Jun 12»
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Genetic study uncovers hidden world in the sand
... Science and Technology. Ultrasequencing of the meiofaunal biosphere: practice, pitfalls and promises. Molecular Ecology (2010), 19: 4-20. «Planet Earth, Nov 10»

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