Molecular techniques like metabarcoding, while promising for exploring diversity of
communities, are often impeded by the lack of reference DNA sequences available for …

In Brazil, meiofauna studies began in the middle of last century, but they adopted a purely
taxonomical approach, describing species from various zoological groups. After this first …

In this review, we summarize existing knowledge of the ecology of sandy-beach nematodes,
in relation to spatial distribution, food webs, pollution and climate change. We attempt to …

New records of nematode species in Brazil, which appeared after or were not mentioned in
the last review, are shown in this paper. All environments were considered, including the …

Abstract Knowledge about the influence of biological interactions in the structuring and
functioning of benthic communities on Brazilian sandy beaches is still limited. Most studies …

Sandy beaches harbor a rich and dense diversity of benthic fauna that play multiple
ecological roles, such as nutrient regeneration and integrating marine and terrestrial trophic …