Abstract
The meiofauna, which is composed by metazoans that pass through a 0,5 mm mesh sieve and are retained on a 0,042 mesh sieve, is important to the energy flow in marine benthic systems where it play a role as consumer, predator, prey or absorbing organic matter. Besides, it is an important instrument to assess environmental alterations caused by contaminants or by natural causes. “The Influe…