LEADER 04797nam 2201297z- 450 001 9910557498803321 005 20231214133213.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000042843 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69258 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000042843 100 $a20202105d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMeiofauna Biodiversity and Ecology 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2020 215 $a1 electronic resource (254 p.) 311 $a3-03943-132-3 311 $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 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 606 $aBiology, life sciences$2bicssc 606 $aEcological science, the Biosphere$2bicssc 610 $abenthos 610 $abiodiversity 610 $akey 610 $ameiofauna 610 $ataxonomy 610 $aspecies richness 610 $a?-diversity 610 $abiological traits 610 $atropical 610 $amarine 610 $afreshwater 610 $aCaribbean 610 $ahuntermaniidae 610 $acletodidae 610 $arhizotrichidae 610 $aNannopus 610 $aMonstrillidae 610 $aMonstrillopsis paradoxa sp. nov. 610 $aMonstrillopsis planifrons 610 $amorphological taxonomy 610 $atagmosis 610 $amale genitalia 610 $apore pattern 610 $amale/female matching 610 $amarine invertebrate host 610 $asemi-parasitic 610 $aKorea 610 $afree-living marine nematodes 610 $apictorial key 610 $amacrofauna 610 $aassociated fauna 610 $abiological substrate 610 $aspecies diversity 610 $acommunity ecology 610 $abenthic ecology 610 $agastrotricha 610 $aSouth America 610 $aSouth Hemisphere 610 $anuclear genes 610 $aABGD 610 $aBINs 610 $aDNA barcoding 610 $amPTP 610 $adam impact 610 $aestuary 610 $aheavy metals 610 $afree-living nematodes 610 $adensity 610 $adiversity 610 $abenthic foraminifera 610 $achecklist 610 $aKuwait 610 $aArabian Gulf 610 $aNorth Adriatic Sea 610 $atrophic status 610 $aprokaryotes 610 $aecosystem functioning 610 $asea turtles 610 $aloggerheads 610 $amarine biodiversity 610 $aepibionts 610 $aFlorida 610 $aGulf of Mexico 610 $ameiofauna paradox 610 $anematodes 610 $aNematoda 610 $ahotspots 610 $aphoresis 610 $aepibiosis 610 $aciliophora 610 $asuctorea 610 $anematoda 610 $aecology 610 $anew species 610 $abioindicators 615 7$aResearch & information: general 615 7$aBiology, life sciences 615 7$aEcological science, the Biosphere 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