| Abstract | 第1-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-17页 |
| 1. Preface | 第17-27页 |
| 2. Sedimentary environment of meiofauna in the human-disturbed sandy intertidal shores | 第27-52页 |
| ·Material and methods | 第29-36页 |
| ·Sampling locations | 第29-30页 |
| ·Sediment sample collections | 第30-31页 |
| ·Environmental factors measurement | 第31-35页 |
| ·Statistics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第36-52页 |
| ·Seasonal and spatial changes of the physical-chemical factors of the interstitial water and surface seawater | 第36-39页 |
| ·Seasonal and spatial changes of the sediment particle sizes | 第39-41页 |
| ·Seasonal and spatial changes of the chlorophyll-a and organic matter | 第41-48页 |
| ·RPD layer | 第48-52页 |
| 3 Study on meiofaunal abundance and biomass | 第52-88页 |
| ·Material and methods | 第55-59页 |
| ·Sampling locations | 第55-56页 |
| ·Sample collection, extraction, and counting | 第56-57页 |
| ·Calculation for biomass and productivity | 第57-58页 |
| ·Statistics | 第58-59页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第59-88页 |
| ·Abundance, biomass and production of meiofauna | 第59-73页 |
| ·Meiofauna group compositions | 第73-79页 |
| ·Vertical distributions of meiofauna | 第79-84页 |
| ·N/C ratios | 第84-88页 |
| 4 Organic-enrichment laboratory microcosm experiments | 第88-107页 |
| ·Material and Methods | 第90-93页 |
| ·Field sampling and meiofauna extracting | 第90-91页 |
| ·Laboratory experiment layout | 第91-92页 |
| ·Statistics | 第92-93页 |
| ·Results | 第93-99页 |
| ·Field study | 第93-94页 |
| ·Laboratory experiments | 第94-98页 |
| ·Oxygen level | 第98-99页 |
| ·Discussion | 第99-107页 |
| ·Validity of the experimental treatments/setting | 第99-100页 |
| ·Effects of the organic enrichment on the meiofaunal abundance and richness | 第100-103页 |
| ·Possible explanations of the nematode/copepod ratio | 第103-105页 |
| ·The relationship of meiofaunal abundance to oxygen level and organic matter | 第105-106页 |
| ·Potential/advanced laboratory experiments | 第106-107页 |
| References | 第107-116页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第116-117页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第117-118页 |
