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    Meiofaunal assemblages of the bay of Nisida and the environmental status of the Phlegraean area (Naples, Southern Italy)

    Nisida is an islet of volcanic origin of the Phlegraean archipelago (Southern Italy) that has been included in the General Reserve of the Regional Park of Phlegraean Islands. The islet has been inaccessible bo...

    Gianluca Polese, Federica Semprucci, Ludovica Campoli in Marine Biodiversity (2018)

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    Assessment of ecological quality status along the Apulian coasts (eastern Mediterranean Sea) based on meiobenthic and nematode assemblages

    Coastal environments may be impacted by several anthropogenic activities such as sewage discharges, fish-farming and hydrocarbons along with seaside tourism activities, all proved to have an effect on benthic ...

    Federica Semprucci, Maria Balsamo, Luca Appolloni, Roberto Sandulli in Marine Biodiversity (2018)

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    An approach based on nematode descriptors for the classification of ecological quality (EcoQ) of the Malaysian coasts

    Free-living marine nematodes were employed in ecological studies and were proven to be suitable bioindicators of pollution-induced effects on the benthic domain. This study represents the first attempt to use ...

    Cheng-Ann Chen, Chen-Lin Soo, Maria Balsamo, Federica Semprucci in Marine Biodiversity (2018)

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    Erratum to: A new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha, Thaumastodermatidae) from Brazil

    Thiago Q. Araujo, Maria Balsamo, André R. S. Garraffoni in Marine Biodiversity (2014)

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    A new species of Pseudostomodella (Gastrotricha, Thaumastodermatidae) from Brazil

    A new species of Pseudostomella is described from sublittoral sands of the southern coast of Bahia State, Brazil. Pseudostomella squamalongispinosa sp. nov. is 310–320 μm long and is distinguished from its congen...

    Thiago Q. Araujo, Maria Balsamo, André R. S. Garraffoni in Marine Biodiversity (2014)

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    Global diversity of gastrotrichs (Gastrotricha) in fresh waters

    The global diversity of inland water Gastrotricha is poorly known, and information is extremely heterogeneous. Gastrotricha have been studied most widely in Europe and America, whereas data from the other cont...

    Maria Balsamo, Jean-Loup d’Hondt in Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (2008)