Some Traits of Meiofauna in the Surf Region of the Southern Mediterranean Sea Coast

During the winter and summer of 2019, eight study sites in eastern Libya were used to establish meiofauna diversity Southern Mediterranean Sea's near-shore sandy bottom surf region. The physicochemical characteristics surface water at mostly similar. Seventeen taxa floatable (extracted from sediment samples by floatation) identified, sixteen during ten summer: By number individuals per taxon, Nematoda Foraminifera most abundant taxa. other available Rhabdocoela, Xanacoelomorpha, Gastrotrichs, Polychaeta, Kinorhyncha, Urodasys. Four non-floatable encountered (Foraminifera, Mussel, Gastropod, Ostracoda). This low was possibly due strong wave action prevailing region adjacent deleterious anthropogenic activities. Meiofaunal higher than summer, dissolved phosphorus concentration this season. causes between-site differences meiofaunal are unclear, but coastal activities might had more impact traits interstitial habitat. New practical techniques for collecting identifying smaller needed.