Meiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology

• Beste egile batzuk: Semprucci, Federica (Argitaratzailea), Sandulli, Roberto (Argitaratzailea)
• Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
• Hizkuntza: ingelesa
• Argitaratua: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Gaiak: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; benthos; biodiversity; key; meiofauna; taxonomy; species richness; β-diversity; biological traits; tropical; marine; freshwater; Caribbean; huntermaniidae; cletodidae; rhizotrichidae; Nannopus; Monstrillidae; Monstrillopsis paradoxa sp. nov.; Monstrillopsis planifrons; morphological taxonomy; tagmosis; male genitalia; pore pattern; male/female matching; marine invertebrate host; semi-parasitic; Korea; free-living marine nematodes; pictorial key; macrofauna; associated fauna; biological substrate; species diversity; community ecology; benthic ecology; gastrotricha; South America; South Hemisphere; nuclear genes; ABGD; BINs; DNA barcoding; mPTP; dam impact; estuary; heavy metals; free-living nematodes; density; diversity; benthic foraminifera; checklist; Kuwait; Arabian Gulf; North Adriatic Sea; trophic status; prokaryotes; ecosystem functioning; sea turtles; loggerheads; marine biodiversity; epibionts; Florida; Gulf of Mexico; meiofauna paradox; nematodes; Nematoda; hotspots; phoresis; epibiosis; ciliophora; suctorea; nematoda; ecology; new species; bioindicators
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Sedimentary habitats cover the vast majority of the ocean floor and constitute the largest ecosystem on Earth. These systems supply fundamental services to human beings, such as food production and nutrient recycling. It is well known that meiofauna are an abundant and ubiquitous component of sedime...