Meiofauna are an important component of deep-sea benthic communities because they are
highly abundant and play an important role in the sediment. This review describes trends in …

Quantitative data on meiofauna densities in open continental shelf regions of the world are
sparse. As part of a multidisciplinary study of the outer continental shelf of the southeastern …

Metazoan meiofaunal abundance, total biomass, nematode size and the richness of taxa
were investigated along bathymetric gradients (from the shelf break down to ca. 5000-m …

Meiofauna research has seen an increased ecological emphasis in the last ten years. The
period prior to 1970 was primarily descriptive but current research is directed more toward …

Sediment samples were collected from 23 sites near the Yap Trench in the Western Pacific
Ocean with a depth range of 2896–7837 m. The assemblage composition, spatial …

Meiofauna standing stocks and community structure are reported for the first time for abyssal
soft-sediment samples in Antarctic waters. At seven stations within a depth range of 2274 …

The sediment-inhabiting meiofauna is a major component of benthic ecosystems,
particularly in the deep sea. Knowledge on the deep-sea meiobenthos has increased …

Extreme marine environments cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface and offer many
opportunities for investigating the biological responses and adaptations of organisms to …

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 …

An annual study on hard-substrate meiofaunal assemblages was carried out at 2 depths (2.5
and 8 m) along a vertical cliff of the Middle Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea) characterised by …