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 …

Future ocean climate homogenizes communities across habitats through diversity loss and rise of generalist species

M Colossi Brustolin, I Nagelkerken… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Predictions of the effects of global change on ecological communities are largely based on
single habitats. Yet in nature, habitats are interconnected through the exchange of energy …

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 …

Ocean warming and CO2-driven acidification can alter the toxicity of metal-contaminated sediments to the meiofauna community

GL Altafim, AV Alves, TH Trevizani… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Interactive effects of trace metal contamination, ocean warming, and CO 2-driven
acidification on the structure of a meiofaunal benthic community was assessed. Meiofauna …

[HTML][HTML] CO2 leakage can cause loss of benthic biodiversity in submarine sands

M Molari, K Guilini, L Lins, A Ramette… - Marine environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the options to mitigate atmospheric CO 2 increase is CO 2 Capture and Storage in
sub-seabed geological formations. Since predicting long-term storage security is difficult …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic effects of phenanthrene intensify with an increase of temperature for the populations of a free-living nematode

LP Pontes, AM Vafeiadou, FJL de França… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phenanthrene is one of the most common Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the
marine environment. It has high lipoafinity and environmental persistence and tends to …

Global warming-induced temperature effects to intertidal tropical and temperate meiobenthic communities

AM Vafeiadou, BLP Bretaña, C Van Colen… - Marine environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Global climate change and the related temperature rise strongly impact marine life and have
long been in the center of scientific attention. This experimental work investigates thermal …

[PDF][PDF] 夏, 秋季南黄海小型底栖动物空间分布格局及其环境影响因素

宋远柳, 刘晓收 - 海洋学报, 2023 - hyxbocean.cn
为研究南黄海小型底栖动物的空间分布格局及其环境影响因素, 于2020 年8 月(夏季) 和11
月(秋季) 对南黄海进行了两个航次的野外观测和采样, 对小型底栖动物的类群组成, 丰度, 生物量 …

Meiofauna—Adapted to Life at the Limits

J Ingels, D Zeppilli, O Giere - New Horizons in Meiobenthos Research …, 2023 - Springer
Meiofauna are ubiquitous members of aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Some of them can
thrive under boundary conditions that are challenging to most other organisms. The …

Impacts of ocean acidification on intertidal benthic foraminiferal growth and calcification

F Guamán-Guevara, H Austin, N Hicks, R Streeter… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Foraminifera are expected to be particularly susceptible to future changes in ocean
carbonate chemistry as a function of increased atmospheric CO2. Studies in an …