El Poblament microfaunístic dels medis àrids mediterranis Authors Enric Gadea i Buisan Abstract In this paper some aspects of the microfaunistic population of the arid biotopes of Western mediterranean countries are exposed. The desert milieu, the steppoidean lands and the dray moss habitats are specially treated. Special references concern the Iberian peninsula and North Africa. In the desertic ambients the soil life in Saharian lands is studied, and its population referred to Bacteria, Fungi, Algae and hydrophilic elements of microfauna: Thecamoebians, Ciliates, Rotifers, Tardigrada and Nematoda. Among these, specially notable are Rhabditis producta , Helichothylenchus africanus, Plectus granulosus and Acrobeloides butschlii. In the steppoidean milieu the littoral plains of Morocco and the Ebro basin in Spain principally are studied in the same way. Special reference to gypsum soils and salt water habitats are given. Among the Nematoda are typical Eudorylaimus carteri, Mesodorylaimus bastiani, Plectus cirratus, P. parietinus, Tylenchus (F.) filiformis, Rhabditis pellio and Acrobeloides emarginatus. The dry moss habitats of Central and SW counties of Iberian peninsula, including also the calcareous rocks. The microfauna is more rich and the dominant forms among the Nematoda are Eudorylaimus carteri, Plectus cirratus and Tylenchus (F.) filiformis, followed by Rhabdolaimus terrestris, Mesodorylaimus bastiani, Wilsonema auriculatum, Teratocephalus crassidens, Ditylenchus intermedius, Acrobeloides emarginatus and Cephalobus nanus. The desert and dry milieus are not uninhabited places; the microfaunistic population in arid environments is important and very significative. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2005-05-17 Issue Vol. 45 : 1980 (Secció de Zoologia, 3) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural.Authors answer to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.