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Predicting large-scale spatial patterns of marine meiofauna: implications for environmental monitoring

Ocean and Coastal Research
This study aims model the distribution of meiofauna indicators in relation to environmental variables from the Santos Basin continental margin, SE Brazil, using machine learning techniques, to provide baseline information and foster future monitoring ...
Fabiane Gallucci, Gustavo Fonseca, Danilo C Vieira, Luciana Erika Yaginuma, Paula Foltran Gheller, Simone Brito, Thais Navajas Corbisier   +6 more
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Limited Spatial and Temporal Variability in Meiofauna and Nematode Communities at Distant but Environmentally Similar Sites in an Area of Interest for Deep-Sea Mining

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
To be able to adequately assess potential environmental impacts of deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining, the establishment of a proper environmental baseline, incorporating both spatial and temporal variability, is essential.
Ellen Pape, Tania N. Bezerra, Freija Hauquier, Ann Vanreusel   +3 more
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Effects of an experimental in situ seabed disturbance on deep‐sea benthic ecosystem function and macro‐infaunal community structure on the Chatham Rise, Southwest Pacific

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 59, Issue 5, Page 1496-1529, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Expansion of extractive industries to deep‐sea environments will lead to increased stresses on seafloor ecosystems. We examined changes in environmental parameters following direct and indirect experimental benthic disturbance using a modified plough on the Chatham Rise (∼450 m water depth), Aotearoa/New Zealand. Measurements included sediment
Rachel Hale, Daniel Leduc, Campbell Murray, Ashley A. Rowden, Scott D. Nodder, Chris Eager, Rob Stewart, Christopher W. Hickey, Conrad Pilditch, Malcolm R. Clark   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) on meiofauna of estuarine intertidal habitats of Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2005
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata on meiofauna at three intertidal habitats across a tidal exposure gradient (i.e., an emerged salt marsh, an emerged mudflat and a submerged mudflat) in an estuarine ...
Leonardo Cruz Rosa, Carlos Emilio Bemvenuti   +1 more
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Application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in farmland biodiversity monitoring: A systematic review protocol

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 12, Page 2760-2770, December 2025.
Abstract Biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem stability and functioning as well as human well‐being. Measuring biodiversity is a complex task that is being improved through technological innovations like remote sensing (RS), including satellites and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Asef Darvishi, Daniel Dalton, Vanessa Berger, Michael Schirrmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Impact on Microinvertebrate Diversity and Distributions: Questioning the Resilience of Tardigrades

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Tardigrades, commonly known as some of the toughest organisms on Earth, like many other microscopic invertebrates, are often overlooked in biodiversity monitoring. Our study aimed to elucidate the impact of environmental disturbance caused by anthropogenic activity on tardigrade diversity and distributions.
Bartłomiej Surmacz, Krystian Budzik, Yelyzaveta Matsko, Daniel Stec   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neoichnology and sediment distribution in tidal flats of the mud‐dominated mesotidal Mira River estuary (Portugal)

Sedimentology, Volume 72, Issue 7, Page 2201-2238, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Invertebrate burrow morphologies and distributions are presented for the tidal flats of the middle and lower reaches of the tide‐influenced (mesotidal), mud‐dominated Mira River estuary (SW Portugal) as an analogue for interpreting the ichnology of palaeoestuarine successions.
Alina Shchepetkina, Teresa Drago, Jacqueline Santos, Ana Alberto, Francisco Fatela, Maria da Conceição Freitas   +5 more
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Variación temporal de las Comunidades de la Meiofauna en una Playa del Ecuador

Revista Tecnológica, 2012
La estructura de la comunidad de la meiofauna fue estudiada quincenalmente en dos zonas de muestreo: supralitoral e infralitoral, a lo largo de un año, en la playa arenosa de San Pedro de Manglaralto, Ecuador, para describir su patrón de distribución en
Alba Calles
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Composition and vertical distribution of metazoan meiofauna assemblages on the continental shelf off central Chile

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2015
A quantitative study of metazoan meiofauna was carried out in Valparaiso Bay (33°S 71°W) which is affected by seasonal hypoxia in central Chile. The contents of bottom water, dissolved oxygen (BWDO), organic carbon, chloroplast pigments and composition ...
Eulogio Soto, Williams Caballero, Eduardo Quiroga   +2 more
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Community structure and diversity of meiofauna in seagrass beds on the eastern coast of Hainan Island, China

Global Ecology and Conservation
Seagrass beds are critical marine ecosystems in tropical, subtropical, and temperate coastal waters, serving as highly diverse and productive habitats for numerous marine organisms.
Kai Liu, Yuqing Guo, Mingming Zou, Weilin Chen, Wenjia Hu, Jianguo Du   +5 more
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