Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes form a clade called Rouphozoa. Representatives of both
taxa are main components of meiofaunal communities, but their role in the trophic ecology of …

There is a need for monitoring the status and trends of freshwater biodiversity in order to
quantify the impacts of human actions on freshwater systems and to improve freshwater …

Standardized ecosystem-based monitoring surveys are critical for providing information on
marine ecosystem health. Environmental DNA/RNA (eDNA/eRNA) metabarcoding may …

Microbial communities in epiphytic biofilms and surface sediments play a vital role in the
biogeochemical cycles of the major chemical elements in freshwater. However, little is …

Dormancy is common among rotifers: monogononts produce resting eggs (diapause)
commonly after switching to mictic phase, and bdelloids enter anhydrobiosis (quiescence) at …

Summary 1 This paper summarises the most important contributions on trophic relationships
of lotic meiofauna. In contrast to marine research, the few quantitative studies of the …

Rotifera comprise about 2,000 species (Segers 2007) of microscopic animals, usually much
less than 1 mm in length, characterized by the presence of a ciliated corona and a muscular …

Gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration has been proposed as an alternative to sand
filtration for drinking water treatment, but its low membrane flux and poor permeate quality …

This review summarizes the key factors of a series of articles about animal plankton in rivers,
a topic that remains poorly investigated. Running water, in which sampling processes are …