The marine environment is highly susceptible to pollution by petroleum, and so it is
important to understand how microorganisms degrade hydrocarbons, and thereby mitigate …

In the marine environment, the ecosystem service of Waste Remediation (WR) enables
humans to utilise the natural functioning of ecosystems to process and detoxify a large …

Past molecular studies using mtDNA sequences and alloenzymes signalled the existence of
at least two cryptic species within the Hediste diversicolor morphotype, in European coasts …

Oil spills threaten coastlines where biological processes supply essential ecosystem
services. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how oil influences the microbial communities …

Previous studies on the common ragworm Hediste diversicolor (Polychaeta: Nereididae)
revealed a marked genetic fragmentation across its distribution and the occurrence of sibling …

One of the challenges for large-scale, long-term ecological assessments lies in the
integration of faunal datasets. A comparison was made between various ways of analysing …

Bioturbation has major impacts on sediment biogeochemistry, which can be linked to the
functional traits of the macrofauna involved. Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor and Marenzelleria …

Biological interactions between metazoans and the microbial community play a major role in
structuring food webs in aquatic sediments. Pollutants can also strongly affect the structure …

The Patagonian coast is characterized by the existence of pristine ecosystems which may be
particularly sensitive to oil contamination. In this study, a simulated oil spill at acute and …

The role of sediment-living meiofauna, benthic invertebrates smaller than 1000 μm such as
nematodes and ostracods, on the mineralization of naphthalene, a common polycyclic …