Definition of microfauna in English:
microfauna
noun ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)fɔːnəˈmaɪkroʊfɔnə
mass nounEcology Microscopic interstitial animals living in the soil.
Example sentencesExamples
- In other words, much of metazoan evolution was cryptic, bound up in tiny animals devoid of skeletons and perhaps surviving as interstitial benthic microfauna.
- Nematodes and other microfauna help boost soil fertility by accelerating decomposition and decay, recycling the nutrients and making them available to plants.
- Unlike the fusulinides, lagenides survived both the end-Guadalupian and end-Permian mass extinctions to become dominant elements of the Mesozoic calcareous benthic microfauna.
- Diverse crop species encourage soil microfauna, which can help reduce soilborne plant diseases.
- It is formed from decaying plant roots, leaves, etc. deposited at the surface, and the remains of microflora and microfauna living in the soil.
Definition of microfauna in US English:
microfauna
nounˈmīkrōfônəˈmaɪkroʊfɔnə
Ecology Microscopic animals.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nematodes and other microfauna help boost soil fertility by accelerating decomposition and decay, recycling the nutrients and making them available to plants.
- Diverse crop species encourage soil microfauna, which can help reduce soilborne plant diseases.
- Unlike the fusulinides, lagenides survived both the end-Guadalupian and end-Permian mass extinctions to become dominant elements of the Mesozoic calcareous benthic microfauna.
- It is formed from decaying plant roots, leaves, etc. deposited at the surface, and the remains of microflora and microfauna living in the soil.
- In other words, much of metazoan evolution was cryptic, bound up in tiny animals devoid of skeletons and perhaps surviving as interstitial benthic microfauna.