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Does the kinorhynch have a hydrophobic body surface? Measurement of the wettability of a meiobenthic metazoan [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2016
The body surface of aquatic invertebrates is generally thought to be hydrophilic to prevent the attachment of air bubbles. In contrast, some interstitial invertebrates, such as kinorhynchs and some crustaceans, have a hydrophobic body surface: they are ...
Daisuke Ishii, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Ryosuke Uozumi, Euichi Hirose   +3 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
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source

Microbiota Associated With <i>Ototyphlonemertes</i> 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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Meiofauna communities in exposed sandy beaches on the Galician coast (NW Spain), six months after the Prestige oil spill: the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Scientia Marina, 2010
The effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Galician sandy beach ecosystems, six months after the Prestige oil spill, was evaluated using the meiobenthos at a higher taxon level as an indicator. Meiobenthos community structure, environmental
Puri Veiga, Celia Besteiro, Marcos Rubal
doaj   +1 more source

Change in the community structure and organic carbon content of meio- and macrobenthos between tidal flat and salt marsh areas colonized by Spartina alterniflora in the Bahía Blanca estuary (SW Atlantic)

Scientia Marina, 2023
Salt marshes are regarded as among the most productive coastal ecosystems, important “blue carbon” sinks and a support for benthic communities with large abundances, whose structure may be strongly influenced by salt marsh vegetation.
Leandro J. Reyna Gandini, Flavia A. Funk, Paula D. Pratolongo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of farming non-indigenous scallop Argopecten irradians on benthic ecosystem functioning: a case-study in Laizhou Bay, China

Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2018
The farming of the non-indigenous bay scallop Argopecten irradians in coastal waters generates large amounts of biodeposits that potentially change the trophic pathways and quality of the benthic food web at lower trophic levels such as meiobenthos.
Huang, Q, Olenin, S, Sun, S, De Troch, M
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling the Effect of Seasonal Dynamics on Meiobenthic Community Structure From River Matla of Sundarbans Estuarine System, India

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
In estuarine sediment, meiobenthos serve as an excellent candidate to perform a range of ecosystem services. However, even though the taxonomic sufficiency of meiobenthos in detecting spatiotemporal gradients is well recognized, very little is known ...
Moumita Ghosh, Sumit Mandal
doaj   +1 more source

Schizorhynchia Meixner, 1928 (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) of the Iberian Peninsula, with a description of four new species from Portugal

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020
During several sampling campaigns in the regions of Galicia and Andalusia in Spain and the Algarve region in Portugal, specimens of twelve species of schizorhynch rhabdocoels were collected.
Stefan Gobert, Marlies Monnens, Lise Eerdekens, Ernest Schockaert, Patrick Reygel, Tom Artois   +5 more
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Crustaceans in the Meiobenthos and Plankton of the Thermokarst Lakes and Polygonal Ponds in the Lena River Delta (Northern Yakutia, Russia): Species Composition and Factors Regulating Assemblage Structures

Water, 2021
Information about invertebrates in the low-flow water bodies of northeastern Siberia is far from complete. In particular, little is known about crustaceans—one of the main components of meiobenthic and zooplanktonic communities. An open question is which
E. Chertoprud, A. Novichkova
semanticscholar   +1 more source