Platyhelminth species composition and abundance in sheltered coastal habitats of the eastern North Sea (1982-1983)

In 1982 and 1983, sheltered upper intertidal and supratidal habitats on Sylt island were quantitatively studied for meiofauna, with special emphasis on platyhelminths. This included (1) monthy sampling of two accretion sites, one vegetated and the other bare, and two salt marsh sites, one grazed and the other ungrazed; (2) seasonal sampling of 4 transects across salt marsh areas and accretion zones; and (3) some 50 sites sampled once only. Platyhelminth life cycles were analysed from the monthly sampled areas.