Phylogenetic clustering and rarity imply risk of local species extinction in prospective deep-sea mining areas of the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone

L Macheriotou, A Rigaux… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An understanding of the forces controlling community structure in the deep sea is essential
at a time when its pristineness is threatened by polymetallic nodule mining. Because …

Scientific and budgetary trade‐offs between morphological and molecular methods for deep‐sea biodiversity assessment

JT Le, LA Levin, F Lejzerowicz, T Cordier… - Integrated …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Deep‐sea biodiversity, a source of critical ecological functions and ecosystem services, is
increasingly subject to the threat of disturbance from existing practices (eg, fishing, waste …

Ecosystem functioning under the influence of bottom-trawling disturbance: an experimental approach and field observations from a continental slope area in the West …

SP Ramalho, L Lins, K Soetaert… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the effects of bottom-trawling induced changes in benthic community
structure, diversity and ecosystem functioning across different benthic-size components is …

Diversity and community structure of kinorhynchs around Svalbard: first insights into spatial patterns and environmental drivers

K Grzelak, MV Sørensen - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2019 - Elsevier
Kinorhyncha is usually one of the more neglected groups in meiofauna ecology. Although
their presence is frequently reported in a number of ecological meiofaunal studies …

Environmental descriptors and reproductive modes drive multiple facets of tadpole diversity in subtropical temporary ponds

DA Dalmolin, TG dos Santos, AM Tozetti, MJR Pereira - Aquatic Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Temporary ponds contribute to the maintenance of freshwater biodiversity. Biotic and abiotic
predictors are known to influence community assembly patterns in ponds, but the magnitude …

A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of Richtersiidae Kreis, 1929 (Desmodorida: Desmodoroidea), with two new species of intertidal nematodes from the Persian Gulf

A Gharahkhani, E Pourjam, D Leduc, M Pedram - Nematology, 2020 - brill.com
Synonchium iranicum sp. n. and Richtersia bispinata sp. n. are described from the Persian
Gulf and their relationships investigated using SSU phylogenetic analyses. Synonchium …

Four new species of free-living nematodes from shallow continental shelf of Portugal.

TK Pinto, PF Neres - Zootaxa, 2020 - europepmc.org
Free-living marine nematodes of continental shelf of Portugal were studied through the
goals of the Marine Biodiversity Information System Project (M@ rbis 2015). Four species …

Vema-TRANSIT–An interdisciplinary study on the bathymetry of the Vema‐Fracture Zone and Puerto Rico Trench as well as abyssal Atlantic biodiversity

T Riehl, S Kaiser, A Brandt - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2018 - Elsevier
The seafloor below 3500 m remains largely unexplored. The paucity of knowledge of
abyssal and hadal environments encompasses a wide spectrum of geological and …

[PDF][PDF] 夏, 秋季南黄海小型底栖动物空间分布格局及其环境影响因素

宋远柳, 刘晓收 - 海洋学报, 2023 - hyxbocean.cn
为研究南黄海小型底栖动物的空间分布格局及其环境影响因素, 于2020 年8 月(夏季) 和11
月(秋季) 对南黄海进行了两个航次的野外观测和采样, 对小型底栖动物的类群组成, 丰度, 生物量 …

Future trend lines in ecological meiobenthos research

O Giere, O Giere - Perspectives in Meiobenthology: Reviews, Reflections …, 2019 - Springer
In a world where human activities increasingly constrict, fragment and destroy natural
habitats and threaten its animate nature, the study of ecosystem stability and resilience is …