Meiobenthos - Wikipedia
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 macrofauna —rather than by their taxonomy .
Meiofauna - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
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.
What are “marine meiofauna”? - NOAA Ocean Exploration
2022年5月19日 · Marine meiofauna are a group of animals small enough to live in between the grains of sand and mud on the seafloor. After sediment samples are washed and the meiofauna has been extracted from most of the sediment grains, the microscopic organisms can be seen under the stereomicroscope.
Meiofauna: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Role in Ecosystems - MDPI
2023年6月21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: Current Biology - Cell Press
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.
Is the meiofauna a good indicator for climate change and
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 calcareous forms), nematodes, copepods and ostracods.
Meiofauna matters: The roles of meiofauna in benthic ecosystems
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 in a changing world - ScienceDirect
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).
Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal ...
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...
(PDF) Meiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology - ResearchGate
2020年11月5日 · Meiofauna are small organisms ranging 30–500 μm in body size, inhabiting marine sediments and other substrata all over the world, even the most extreme ones.
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