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Meiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology [PDF]
, 2020 Meiofauna are small organisms ranging 30–500 μm in body size, inhabiting marine sediments and other substrata all over the world, even the most extreme ones. We can find many different meiofaunal species in a very small handful of sediment, with the most varied and curious shapes, that share peculiar lifestyles, ecological relationships, and ...
Semprucci Federica, Sandulli Roberto
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Hadal trenches are depocenters for organic material, and host intensified benthic microbial activity. The enhanced deposition is presumed to be reflected in elevated meiofaunal standing-stock, but available studies are ambiguous. Here, we investigate the
M. Shimabukuro +6 more
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Migrations of Sandy Beach Meiofauna [PDF]
Zoologica Africana, 1977 The meiofauna at higher tide levels on a sheltered beach has been found to undergo vertical migrations correlated with the alternate drying and wetting of the sand during the tidal cycle. This movement may be modified by temperature differences between summer and winter and day and night.
McLachlan, A +2 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 +7 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 This special issue emerged under the umbrella of the 17th International Meiofauna Conference (SeventIMCO), which celebrated the 50th anniversary (1969–2019) of the International Association of Meiobenthologists under the general theme “Meiofauna in a changing world”.
Moens, Tom +2 more
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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 +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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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 +5 more
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Trends in Mangrove meiobenthic studies in India: an overview
Acta Biologica, 2021 In spite, of being the most threatened coastal habitats in the world, mangrove ecosystems offer a host of goods and services to the coastal communities. With over 4,975 sq.km of the mangrove area, India has the largest mangrove in Asia that constitutes
Tapas Chatterjee, Baban Ingole
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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 +4 more
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