Meiofauna - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
网页Meiofauna define a diverse assemblage of minute invertebrates generally associated with the benthos, or bottom, of many streams and rivers. Meiofauna can be considered intermediaries between microbes and macroscopic organisms in stream food webs. In this chapter, we detail how to sample, identify, and quantify these tiny animals.
Meiobenthos - Wikipedia
网页Meiobenthos, also called meiofauna, are small benthic invertebrates that live in marine or freshwater environments, or both. The term meiofauna loosely defines a group of organisms by their size—larger than microfauna but smaller than …
Meiofauna: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Role in Ecosystems - MDPI
网页2023年9月1日 · The meiofauna is currently considered to be a group of microscopic metazoans ranging in size from 30 to 1000–2000 μm, forming a distinct size class [1,2]. Several taxa of high taxonomic rank are represented exclusively or almost exclusively by meiobenthos organisms of marine areas and freshwater reservoirs.
Meiofauna matters: The roles of meiofauna in benthic ecosystems
网页2018年5月1日 · Meiofauna, a discrete group of small-sized organisms (< 1 mm) whose morphology, physiology and life history characteristics have evolved to exploit a range of terrestrial and aquatic environments, occur in often high abundance and diversity in soils and sediments worldwide. They are the most phyletically diverse fauna on Earth.
Meiofauna: Current Biology - Cell Press
网页2024年3月25日 · The meiofauna, sometimes called the meiobenthos, has representatives in at least 23 of the 35 or so animal phyla. Hence, it’s not a taxonomic group; instead, meiofaunas are ecological communities of tiny, free-living animals and protists living in aquatic sediments and on plants, algae, and occasionally other animals.
Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal ...
网页2018年8月14日 · Meiofauna include a heterogeneous collection of small (<1 mm) marine benthic invertebrates of almost all animal phyla, with a wide range of functional groups that have key roles in benthic energy...
Is the meiofauna a good indicator for climate change and
网页2015年7月5日 · This paper reviews the advances in the study of meiofauna with regard to climate change and anthropogenic impacts. Four taxonomic groups are valuable for predicting global changes: foraminifers (especially …
Meiofauna in a changing world - ScienceDirect
网页2022年5月1日 · The importance of meiofauna in aquatic ecosystems, from the sediments of inland waters to those of deep-sea environments, results from an intricate web of relationships that collectively affect a range of ecosystem processes, including several that contribute to important ecosystem services (Schratzberger and Ingels, 2018).
Preface: Patterns and processes of meiofauna in freshwater
网页2020年5月26日 · This special issue highlights how meiofauna can help freshwater ecologists to describe and predict species distribution patterns, to assess production of biomass and trait functions relationships, as well as to examine the trophic links between microscopic and macroscopic worlds and to better understand species’ resilience to environmental ...
Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include
网页2020年11月16日 · The importance of meiofauna and microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, unicellular eukaryotes) in deep-sea ecosystems has repeatedly been highlighted 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, challenging the assumption...