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Riding the Storm: Microeukaryote Community Responses to Hurricane Disturbance. [PDF]

J Eukaryot Microbiol
ABSTRACT Sandy beaches are dynamic ecosystems where terrestrial and marine organisms coexist, resulting in diverse communities where microeukaryotes (protists, microalgae, and meiofauna) are key drivers. Understanding their diversity patterns and responses to stressors is essential for elucidating ecological processes, yet information on this subject ...
Rivera-Zizumbo AA, Velez P, Tapia-Torres Y, Servín-Garcidueñas LE, Lagunas-Calvo O, Gasca-Pineda J.   +5 more
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Variation in Meiofaunal Abundance and Composition Across an Estuarine Bay: Do They Comprise a Coherent and Distinct Entity Displaying Contrasting Patterns to the Macrofauna? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Is division of marine animals into macrofauna and meiofauna merely an arbitrary convenience, or, as has been claimed, does their size difference render them distinct and independent entities evolved under different ecological constraints? Those in the Knysna estuarine bay did not behave as distinct and discrete ecological entities, their individual ...
Barnes RSK.
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Structured machine learning modeling to support conservation of deep-sea benthic biodiversity. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Biodiversity monitoring programs need to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable predictions. To establish a predictive monitoring program for deep‐sea benthos of the Santos Basin, Brazil, we developed a two‐stage structured model that allowed comparison of biodiversity predictions obtained from environmental simulations (2M‐Sim).
Fonseca G, Vieira DC, Carneiro JC, Carreira RS, Ceccopieri M, Corbisier TN, Dalto AG, Figueiredo AG, Gallucci F, Gheller P, de Jesus SB, Lavrado HP, Lazzari L, Marcon EH, Moreira DL, de Moura RB, Pape E, Santarosa ACA, Dos Santos Filho JR, de Mello E Sousa SH, Vicente TM, Yaginuma LE, Yamashita C, Watanabe W.   +23 more
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Fragmentation of Long Reads Enables Reliable Mitogenome Assembly From Whole-Genome Amplification Data With Pervasive Palindromic Reads. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Whole genome amplification (WGA), and in particular multiple displacement amplification (MDA), has become a key technique for genomic sequencing of microscopic organisms, yet it introduces artefacts such as palindromic (inverted chimeric) reads that may compromise downstream analyses.
Vecchi M, Surmacz B, Jönsson IK, Stec D.   +3 more
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Meiofauna promotes litter decomposition in stream ecosystems depending on leaf species

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Litter decomposition, a fundamental process of nutrient cycling and energy flow in freshwater ecosystems, is driven by a diverse array of decomposers. As an important component of the heterotrophic food web, meiofauna can provide a trophic link between ...
Fang Wang, Dunmei Lin, Wei Li, Pengpeng Dou, Le Han, Mingfen Huang, Shenhua Qian, Jingmei Yao   +7 more
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Response of estuarine meiofauna assemblage to effects of fertilizer enrichment used in the sugar cane monoculture. Pernambuco, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2009
In situ application of inorganic fertilizer was used to simulate environmental eutrophication associated with the sugar cane monoculture. Meiofauna community structure is herein used to assess this experimental impact.
Paulo J. P. Santos, Mônica L. Botter-Carvalho, Ananias B. do Nascimento-Júnior, Raquel G. C. Marinho, Paulo V. V. C. Carvalho, Ana P. M. C. Valença   +5 more
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Distribution Patterns of Meiofauna Assemblages and Their Relationship With Environmental Factors of Deep Sea Adjacent to the Yap Trench, Western Pacific Ocean

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Sediment samples were collected from 23 sites near the Yap Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean with a depth range of 2896–7837 m. The assemblage composition, spatial distribution, and relationship with environmental variables of meiofauna were studied. A
Xiaoxiao Wang, Xiaoshou Liu, Xiaoshou Liu, Jishang Xu, Jishang Xu   +4 more
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Potential impacts of polymetallic nodule removal on deep-sea meiofauna

Scientific Reports, 2021
Deep seabed mining is potentially imminent in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ; northeast Pacific). Seabed collectors will remove polymetallic nodules and the surrounding surface sediments, both inhabited by meiofauna, along their path.
Ellen Pape, Tania Nara Bezerra, Hendrik Gheerardyn, Marius Buydens, Amanda Kieswetter, Ann Vanreusel   +5 more
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Meiofauna communities from the Straits of Magellan and the Beagle Channel

Scientia Marina, 1999
Meiofauna from 20 stations (ranging between 8 and 550 m) in the Magellan Straits and the Beagle Channel revealed 28 small sized taxa of higher categories including the temporary meiofauna.
G. C. Chen, R. L. Herman, M. Vincx
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The response of meiofauna to human trampling on coral reefs

Scientia Marina, 2011
Coastal environments are trampled by humans worldwide; however, there are few studies that evaluate the effect of trampling on the meiofauna of hard substrates, and none on meiofauna of reef environments.
Visnu C. Sarmento, Aliny F.S. Barreto, Paulo J.P. Santos   +2 more
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