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  • adjective Pertaining to a macrofauna.
  • adjective Produced by, or indicative of large animals.

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  • Benthic macrofaunal communities in intermittent estuaries during a drought: Comparisons with permanently open estuaries [An article from: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology] by B.F. Hastie

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  • Consequently, hydrogen sulfide accumulates, provoking a large increase in the mortality of macrofaunal species including farmed shellfish.

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  • Consequently, hydrogen sulfide accumulates, provoking a large increase in the mortality of macrofaunal species including farmed shellfish.

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  • Musculista senhousia builds byssal mats on the surface of soft sediments, which facilitate colonization by other organisms and result in higher abundance and species richness of macrofaunal species compared to the unstructured sediment flats outside the mats.

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