LEADER 04816nam 2201309z- 450 001 9910557498803321 005 20210501 035 $a(CKB)5400000000042843 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69258 035 $a(oapen)doab69258 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000042843 100 $a20202105d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMeiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 311 08$a3-03943-132-3 311 08$a3-03943-133-1 330 $aSedimentary habitats cover the vast majority of the ocean floor and constitute the largest ecosystem on Earth. These systems supply fundamental services to human beings, such as food production and nutrient recycling. It is well known that meiofauna are an abundant and ubiquitous component of sediments, even though their biodiversity and importance in marine ecosystem functioning remain to be fully investigated. In this book, the meiofaunal biodiversity trends in marine habitats worldwide are documented, along with the collection of empirical evidence on their role in ecosystem services, such as the production, consumption, and decomposition of organic matter, and energy transfer to higher and lower trophic levels. Meiofaunal activities, like feeding and bioturbation, induce changes in several physico-chemical and biological properties of sediments, and might increase the resilience of the benthic ecosystem processes that are essential for the supply of ecosystem goods and services required by humans. As a key component of marine habitats, the taxonomical and functional aspects of the meiofaunal community are also used for the ecological assessment of the sediments' quality status, providing important information on the anthropogenic impact of benthos. 606 $aBiology, life sciences$2bicssc 606 $aEcological science, the Biosphere$2bicssc 606 $aResearch and information: general$2bicssc 610 $aABGD 610 $aArabian Gulf 610 $aassociated fauna 610 $abenthic ecology 610 $abenthic foraminifera 610 $abenthos 610 $aBINs 610 $abiodiversity 610 $abioindicators 610 $abiological substrate 610 $abiological traits 610 $aCaribbean 610 $achecklist 610 $aciliophora 610 $acletodidae 610 $acommunity ecology 610 $adam impact 610 $adensity 610 $adiversity 610 $aDNA barcoding 610 $aecology 610 $aecosystem functioning 610 $aepibionts 610 $aepibiosis 610 $aestuary 610 $aFlorida 610 $afree-living marine nematodes 610 $afree-living nematodes 610 $afreshwater 610 $agastrotricha 610 $aGulf of Mexico 610 $aheavy metals 610 $ahotspots 610 $ahuntermaniidae 610 $akey 610 $aKorea 610 $aKuwait 610 $aloggerheads 610 $amacrofauna 610 $amale genitalia 610 $amale/female matching 610 $amarine 610 $amarine biodiversity 610 $amarine invertebrate host 610 $ameiofauna 610 $ameiofauna paradox 610 $aMonstrillidae 610 $aMonstrillopsis paradoxa sp. nov. 610 $aMonstrillopsis planifrons 610 $amorphological taxonomy 610 $amPTP 610 $aNannopus 610 $anematoda 610 $aNematoda 610 $anematodes 610 $anew species 610 $aNorth Adriatic Sea 610 $anuclear genes 610 $aphoresis 610 $apictorial key 610 $apore pattern 610 $aprokaryotes 610 $arhizotrichidae 610 $asea turtles 610 $asemi-parasitic 610 $aSouth America 610 $aSouth Hemisphere 610 $aspecies diversity 610 $aspecies richness 610 $asuctorea 610 $atagmosis 610 $ataxonomy 610 $atrophic status 610 $atropical 610 $a?-diversity 615 7$aBiology, life sciences 615 7$aEcological science, the Biosphere 615 7$aResearch and information: general 700 $aSemprucci$b Federica$4edt$01294158 702 $aSandulli$b Roberto$4edt 702 $aSemprucci$b Federica$4oth 702 $aSandulli$b Roberto$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557498803321 996 $aMeiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology$93022945 997 $aUNINA