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Meiofauna metabolism in suboxic sediments: currently overestimated. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Oxygen is recognized as a structuring factor of metazoan communities in marine sediments. The importance of oxygen as a controlling factor on meiofauna (32 µm-1 mm in size) respiration rates is however less clear.
Ulrike Braeckman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meiofauna promotes litter decomposition in stream ecosystems depending on leaf species

open access: yesEcology 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
doaj   +1 more source

Response of estuarine meiofauna assemblage to effects of fertilizer enrichment used in the sugar cane monoculture. Pernambuco, Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Meiofauna respiration rates

open access: yes, 2023
Here is the data of meiofauna respiration rates measured under oxic and severely hypoxic conditions. The paper is published in the L&O journal and is titled "Reconciling the importance of meiofauna respiration for oxygen demand in muddy coastal sediments"
Maciute, Adele   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Migrations of Sandy Beach Meiofauna [PDF]

open access: yesZoologica 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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Potential impacts of polymetallic nodule removal on deep-sea meiofauna

open access: yesScientific 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
doaj   +1 more source

Meiofauna communities from the Straits of Magellan and the Beagle Channel

open access: yesScientia 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
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution Patterns of Meiofauna Assemblages and Their Relationship With Environmental Factors of Deep Sea Adjacent to the Yap Trench, Western Pacific Ocean

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in Mangrove meiobenthic studies in India: an overview

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Meiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
openaire   +3 more sources

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