Effects of widespread human disturbances in the marine environment suggest a new agenda for meiofauna research is needed

M Schratzberger, PJ Somerfield - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The response of an ecological community to a disturbance event, and its capacity to recover,
are of major interest to ecologists, especially at a time of increasing frequencies and …

Ecology of free-living marine nematodes

T Moens, U Braeckman, S Derycke… - Handbook of Zoology …, 2013 - degruyter.com
To the public at large, the phylum Nematoda is mostly known by its pathogenic species,
causing some of the most infectious diseases in humans and animals and more crop losses …

Aligning biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services in spatial planning: Focus on ecosystem processes

K Van der Biest, P Meire, T Schellekens… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the consideration of socio-economic demands with biodiversity conservation is
now high on the environmental policy agenda, it is not yet standard practice in spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Phylum Nematoda: trends in species descriptions, the documentation of diversity, systematics, and the species concept

M Hodda - Zootaxa, 2022 - mapress.com
This paper summarizes the trends in nematode species description and systematics
emerging from a comparison of the latest comprehensive classification and census of …

Hidden players—Meiofauna mediate Ecosystem effects of Anthropogenic disturbances in the ocean

M Schratzberger, R Danovaro, J Ingels… - New horizons in …, 2023 - Springer
Humans have used, and had effects on, marine ecosystems throughout history. As the
human population and its economic activities increase, these effects intensify. Yet, our …

Trophic structuring of modularity alters energy flow through marine food webs

P Eskuche-Keith, SL Hill, P Hollyman… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Food web interactions govern how ecosystems respond to climate change and biodiversity
loss. Modularity, where subgroups of species interact more often with each other than with …

[PDF][PDF] Variation in species richness, composition and herpetological community structure across a tropical habitat gradient of Palawan Island, Philippines

CE Supsup, AA Asis, UV Carestia Jr… - …, 2020 - herpetozoa.pensoft.net
Information on species richness and community structure is invaluable for guiding
conservation and management of biodiversity, but is rarely available in the megadiverse …

Effects of the ridge‐and‐runnel system on macrofaunal spatial distribution on a macrotidal sandy beach in the Brazilian Amazon coast

EMP Cardoso, M Petracco, T Santos… - Marine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ridge‐and‐runnel systems are common morphological features across the intertidal zone of
dissipative macrotidal beaches. However, these systems have often been overlooked by …

Sandy beaches: state of the art of nematode ecology

TF Maria, J Vanaverbeke, A Vanreusel… - Anais da Academia …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
In this review, we summarize existing knowledge of the ecology of sandy-beach nematodes,
in relation to spatial distribution, food webs, pollution and climate change. We attempt to …

Diversity and seasonal variation of the molluscan community associated with the seagrass Halodule wrightii in a marine protected area in the southern Gulf of …

CJ Pérez-Estrada, R Rodríguez-Estrella… - Aquatic Ecology, 2023 - Springer
The structural complexity of Halodule wrightii enhances the abundance and diversity of
mollusks in the marine protected area of Bahía Balandra, in the southern Gulf of California …