中文摘要：

分别于2003年1月和2004年1月在南黄海广大陆架浅海水域进行小型底栖生物调查．结果表明，两个航次的小型底栖生物平均丰度分别为（954．20±269．47）ind·10cm^-2和（1186．12±486．07）ind·10cm^-2；平均生物量分别为（954．38±403．93）μg·10cm^-2和（1120．72±487．21）μg·10cm^-2．两个航次小型底栖生物丰度值、生物量和生产力均无显著变化（P〉0．05）．共鉴定出20个小型底栖生物类群，按丰度，自由生活海洋线虫为最优势类群，两个航次的优势度分别为87％和90％，其他优势类群依次为桡足类、多毛类和动吻类；按生物量依次为线虫34％-38％，多毛类25％-33％，介形类9％-22％，桡足类8％.96．64％的小型生物分布在0-5cm的表层沉积物内，线虫和桡足类分布在0-2cm的比例分别为72．48％和89．46％．小型底栖生物的生物量与沉积物砂含量（％）、粉砂含量（％）和叶绿素a含量呈显著相关．代表性站位的种类组成和多样性分析显示了沿岸、黄海冷水团和东、黄海交汇区3个不同的底栖生物群落．

英文摘要：

A two cruises investigation on the meiobenthos in the continental shelf of Southern Yellow Sea was made in January 2003 and January 2004. The results showed that the average abundance of meiobenthos was （954.20 ±269.47） ind · 10 c^m-2 and （ 1 186.12 ±486.07） ind · 10 c^m-2 and the biomass was （954.38 ＋403.93） μg· 10 c^m-2 and （1 120.72 ±487.21） μg · 10 c^m-2 in January 2003 and January 2004, respectively, with no significant difference observed. A total of twenty meiobenthic groups were identified. Free-living marine nematodes was the most dominant group in abundance, with a relative dominance of 87% in 2003 and 90% in 2004, followed by benthic harpacticoids copepoda, polychaeta and kinorhyncha. In terms of biomass, the dominant groups were nematoda （34%-38%）, polychaeta （25%-33%）, ostracoda （9%-22%） and copepoda （8%）. 96.64% of the meiobenthos distributed in the top 0-5 cm of sediment, while 72. 48% of nematode and 89. 46% of copepoda were in the top 0-2 cm of the sediment. Meiobenthos biomass had significant correlation with the sand and silt contents of sediment and the content of Chl-a. The species composition and biodiversity analyses of six representative stations indicated that there were three meiobenthos communities in the study area, i.e. , inshore, cold waters mass, and transitional communities.