Meiofaunal animals, roughly between 0.045 and 1 mm in size, are ubiquitous and
ecologically important inhabitants of benthic marine ecosystems. Their high species …

Nematodes are non-segmented roundworms evenly distributed with various habitats
ranging to approximately every ecological extremity. These are the least studied organisms …

Metabarcoding of environmental DNA is increasingly used for biodiversity assessments in
aquatic communities. The efficiency and outcome of these efforts are dependent upon either …

Mine tailing disasters have occurred worldwide and contemporary release of tailings of large
proportions raise concerns of the chronic impacts that trace metals may have on the aquatic …

Molecular techniques like metabarcoding, while promising for exploring diversity of
communities, are often impeded by the lack of reference DNA sequences available for …

The performance of DNA metabarcoding approaches for characterizing biodiversity can be
influenced by multiple factors. Here, we used morphological assessment of taxa in …

Biomonitoring approaches and investigations of many ecological questions require
assessments of the biodiversity of a given habitat. Small organisms, ranging from …

Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes form a clade called Rouphozoa. Representatives of both
taxa are main components of meiofaunal communities, but their role in the trophic ecology of …

Whereas most work to understand impacts of humans on biodiversity on coastal areas has
focused on large, conspicuous organisms, we highlight effects of tourist access on the …

This review synthesizes recent developments in the field of tardigrade biogeography, tracing
back to the origins of Baas Becking's hypothesis that 'everything is everywhere but the …