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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337949403321

Autore

Giere Olav

Titolo

Perspectives in Meiobenthology : Reviews, Reflections and Conclusions    / / by Olav Giere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-13966-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Biology, , 2192-2179

Disciplina

592.092

578.777

Soggetti

Ecosystems

Aquatic ecology 

Biodiversity

Applied ecology

Marine sciences

Freshwater

Freshwater & Marine Ecology

Applied Ecology

Marine & Freshwater Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Fields of general relevance and broad public interest -- Chapter 2: Pollution and Meiofauna -- Chapter 3: Future ecological trends in meiobenthos research -- Chapter 4: Physiology, biochemistry and meiofauna – a rarely touched realm -- Chapter 5: Towards and integrated triad – taxonomy, morphology, and phylogeny -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Although of high abundance, diversity and ecological importance, meiofauna is little covered by relevant scientific media. How can this negligence be overcome? The present treatise highlights promising meiofauna research fields, selected both from basic and applied science, as well as new methods that could strengthen the potential of meiobenthology. Selected recent meiofauna studies, often supported by rapidly advancing gene-based methods, underline the relevance and



potential of meiobenthology revealing characteristics and harassments of ecosystems, not the least in extreme habitats. Also in the more classical domains such as taxonomy and phylogeny, progress in meiobenthos research defines a new and deeper scientific understanding.