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Meiofauna Biodiversity and Community Structures in the Barents Sea and Nansen Basin Are Influenced by Benthic Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity

Ecology and Evolution
Meiobenthic metazoans occur worldwide and are a cornerstone of aquatic ecosystems. Here, we investigate the composition of meiobenthic communities along a transect in the Barents Sea and Nansen Basin and provide the first meiobenthos dataset for this ...
Joel Vikberg Wernström, Bodil A. Bluhm, Katarzyna Grzelak, Anders Hobæk, Doris Björling, Andreas Altenburger   +5 more
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Drivers of Epilithic Biofilms in Greenland Streams: The Role of Nutrients, Temperature and Catchment Slope Across a Climate Gradient. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Microbial biofilms are crucial components in Arctic streams, and understanding how climate warming affects them is critical. Across three regions in Greenland, we found large differences in biofilm structure and their drivers. Our results suggest increased but region‐specific biofilm accumulation in Greenland streams under a warmer climate, which may ...
Moedt SM, Christoffersen KS, Westergaard-Nielsen A, Martinsen KT, Pastor A, Korsgaard NJ, Riis T.   +6 more
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Antarctic Special Protected Area 161 as a Reference to Assess the Effects of Anthropogenic and Natural Impacts on Meiobenthic Assemblages

Diversity, 2021
The Antarctic region is usually considered a pristine area. Nevertheless, regional warming effects and increasing human activities, including the presence of several research stations, are inducing considerable environmental changes that may affect the ...
Federica Semprucci, Luca Appolloni, Eleonora Grassi, Luigia Donnarumma, Lucia Cesaroni, Giuseppina Tirimberio, Elena Chianese, Paola Di Donato, Giovanni Fulvio Russo, Maria Balsamo, Roberto Sandulli   +10 more
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Responses of an abyssal meiobenthic community to short-term burial with crushed nodule particles in the south-east Pacific [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2019
Increasing industrial metal demands due to rapid technological developments may drive the prospection and exploitation of deep-sea mineral resources such as polymetallic nodules.
L. Mevenkamp, K. Guilini, A. Boetius, J. De Grave, B. Laforce, D. Vandenberghe, L. Vincze, A. Vanreusel   +7 more
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Microbiota Associated With Ototyphlonemertes Species (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera, Ototyphlonemertidae) Reveal Evidence of Phylosymbiosis. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study explores phylosymbiosis, the connection between host phylogenetic relatedness and microbial community composition, in marine interstitial nemerteans. The research reveals compelling evidence of phylosymbiosis in these small aquatic animals, emphasizing the influence of host genetic relatedness on microbiome diversity. ABSTRACT Phylosymbiosis,
Leasi F, Eckert EM, Norenburg JL, Thomas WK, Sevigny JL, Hall JA, Wirshing HH, Fontaneto D.   +7 more
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Response of the benthic biomass-size structure to a high-energy submarine canyon

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
IntroductionBody size regulates all biological processes, including growth, reproduction, metabolism, trophic interactions, etc., and is the master trait across organisms, populations, and communities.
Chueh-Chen Tung, Yen-Ting Chen, Jian-Xiang Liao, Jian-Xiang Liao, Chih-Lin Wei   +4 more
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Biogeographical Distribution of River Microbial Communities in Atlantic Catchments. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
We discovered different factors affecting river microbial communities (RMC) diversity and composition across Atlantic catchments in Europe. Prokaryote diversity was mainly influenced by topography and geology, while eukaryotic groups were driven by land use and cover.
Goldenberg-Vilar A, Morán-Luis M, Vieites DR, Álvarez-Martínez JM, Silió A, Mony C, Varandas S, Monteiro SM, Burgess D, Cabecinha E, Barquín J.   +10 more
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First insights into the meiofauna community of a maerl bed in the Bay of Brest (Brittany)

Scientia Marina, 2022
Maerl beds, particularly those of Brittany, are important, structurally complex biogenic coastal habitats that form a unique ecosystem with high benthic biodiversity.
Federica Rebecchi, Daniela Zeppilli, Elisa Baldrighi, Anna Di Cosmo, Gianluca Polese, Alessandro Pisaniello, Jacques Grall   +6 more
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Integrating ocean observations across body‐size classes to deliver benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution information

Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 692-706, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Invertebrate animals living at the seafloor make up a prominent component of life globally, spanning 10 orders of magnitude in body size over 71% of Earth's surface. However, integrating information across sizes and sampling methodologies has limited our understanding of the influence of natural variation, climate change and human activity ...
Henry A. Ruhl, Brian J. Bett, Jeroen Ingels, Adrian Martin, Andrew R. Gates, Andrew Yool, Noëlie M.A. Benoist, Ward Appeltans, Kerry L. Howell, Roberto Danovaro   +9 more
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Biases and distribution patterns in hard‐bodied microscopic animals (Acari: Halacaridae): Size does not matter, but generalism and sampling effort do

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 29, Issue 7, Page 821-833, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim The interplay between distribution ranges, species traits and sampling and taxonomic biases remains elusive amongst microscopic animals. This ignorance obscures our understanding of the diversity patterns of a major component of biodiversity.
Iñigo Rubio‐López, Fernando Pardos, Diego Fontaneto, Alejandro Martínez, Guillermo García‐Gómez   +4 more
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