Characteristics of meiofauna in extreme marine ecosystems: a review

D Zeppilli, D Leduc, C Fontanier, D Fontaneto… - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
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 …

Review of recent trends in ecological studies of deep-sea meiofauna, with focus on patterns and processes at small to regional spatial scales

N Rosli, D Leduc, AA Rowden, PK Probert - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
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 …

[图书][B] Methods for the study of deep-sea sediments, their functioning and biodiversity

R Danovaro - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
For years scientists viewed the deep sea as calm, quiet, and undisturbed, with marine
species existing in an ecologically stable and uniform environment. Recent discoveries have …

The contribution of deep‐sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity

A Vanreusel, G Fonseca, R Danovaro… - Marine …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The great variety of geological and hydrological conditions in the deep sea generates many
different habitats. Some are only recently explored, although their true extent and …

Sedimentary labile organic carbon and pore water redox control on species distribution of benthic foraminifera: A case study from Lisbon–Setúbal Canyon (southern …

KA Koho, RD García, HC De Stigter, E Epping… - Progress in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Rose Bengal stained benthic foraminifera were studied from 11 cores collected along two
depth transects off southern Portugal: one in the Lisbon–Setúbal Canyon and the other …

Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin

J Ingels, K Kiriakoulakis, GA Wolff… - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2009 - Elsevier
Samples collected in the deep Nazaré Canyon and at the adjacent slope, during the
HERMES RRS Discovery D297 cruise (2005), were analysed for metazoan meiofauna …

Integrated study of Mediterranean deep canyons: Novel results and future challenges

M Canals, JB Company, D Martín… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
This volume compiles a number of scientific papers resulting from a sustained
multidisciplinary research effort of the deep-sea ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. This …

Meiofauna in the Gollum Channels and the Whittard Canyon, Celtic Margin—how local environmental conditions shape nematode structure and function

J Ingels, AV Tchesunov, A Vanreusel - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The Gollum Channels and Whittard Canyon (NE Atlantic) are two areas that receive high
input of organic matter and phytodetritus from euphotic layers, but they are typified by …

Metazoan meiofauna in deep-sea canyons and adjacent open slopes: a large-scale comparison with focus on the rare taxa

S Bianchelli, C Gambi, D Zeppilli… - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

α-, β-, γ-, δ-and ε-diversity of deep-sea nematodes in canyons and open slopes of Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean margins

R Danovaro, S Bianchelli, C Gambi, M Mea… - Marine Ecology …, 2009 - int-res.com
Meiofaunal biodiversity, with a special focus on nematodes, was investigated in 6 submarine
canyons and 5 adjacent open slopes along bathymetric gradients (from ca. 200 to 5000 m …