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fauna /fau·na/ (faw´nah) the collective animal organisms of a given locality.
fau·na (fôn)
n. pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-n)
Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.
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For sites dominated by gravel (which included boulders in some areas), there were no effects on infauna but strong effects on epifaunal density and taxonomic richness.
Effects of a large fishing closure on benthic communities in the ... by Grizzle, Raymond E.; Ward, Larry G.; Mayer, Larry A.; Malik, Mashkoor A.; Cooper, Andrew B.; Abeels, / Fishery Bulletin
Epifaunal communities thrive in an estuary with hypoxic episodes.
Assessing in situ tolerances of eastern oysters (Crassostrea ... by Johnson, Matthew W.; Powers, Sean P.; Senne, Joseph; Park, Kyeong / Journal of Shellfish Research
epifaunal substrate/available cover, riffle quality, embeddedness, channel alteration, sediment deposition, frequency of riffles, channel flow status, bank vegetative protection, bank stability, and riparian vegetative zone width.
Five Mile Creek bioassessment study: baseline evaluation of stream ... by Viamonte, Louis D.; Marion, Ken R.; Hofer, Scott C.; Angus, Robert A. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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