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Short and decadal impacts of seafloor physical perturbation on the abundances of Lebensspuren ‘traces of life’ in the Peru Basin manganese nodule province
Interest in deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules as an alternative source to onshore mines for various high-technology metals has risen in recent...
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Characterization and differentiation of sublittoral sandbanks in the southeastern North Sea
Marine sublittoral sandbanks are essential offshore feeding grounds for larger crustaceans, fish and seabirds. In the southern North Sea, sandbanks...
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Microhabitat associated macrofauna of lotic and lentic systems in the Agbede wetlands, southern Nigeria
Although studies on the macrofauna of lotic and lentic environments are common, investigations on microhabitat associated macrofauna of lotic and...
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Biodiversity associated with restored small-scale mussel habitats has restoration decision implications
The global loss of marine ecosystem engineers has caused an unprecedented decline in biodiversity. Although wild shellfish habitats have been shown...
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Patterns of Bioturbation and Associated Matter Fluxes
Bioturbation, the biogenic particle and fluid transport in sediments, is generally thought to be important in the context of matter fluxes and...
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Changes of Community Structure and Functional Feeding Groups of Benthic Macrofauna After Mangrove Afforestation in a Subtropical Intertidal Zone, China
Afforestation is a primary response to the loss and degradation of mangroves worldwide. The successful restoration of mangrove ecosystems is in part...
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Variation of sponge-inhabiting infauna with the state of health of the sponge Lubomirskia baikalensis (Pallas, 1776) in Lake Baikal
Our investigation was conducted during a period of ecological crisis in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal. Mass disease and mortality of the endemic...
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Macrofauna communities across a seascape of seagrass meadows: environmental drivers, biodiversity patterns and conservation implications
Similar to other coastal biogenic habitats (e.g. tidal marshes, kelp forests, mangroves and coral reefs), a key function of seagrass meadows is the...
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Infaunal invertebrate community relationships to water column and sediment abiotic conditions
Infaunal invertebrates are affected by the overlying water and the sediment in which they live. Therefore, understanding how these environmental...
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Effects of environmental and climatic drivers on abyssal macrobenthic infaunal communities from the NE Pacific nodule province
The macrofauna in soft sediments of the deep seafloor is generally diverse and represents a comparatively well-studied faunal group of deep-sea...
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Sediment geochemistry influences infaunal invertebrate community composition and population abundances
Infaunal invertebrate communities are structured by various factors, including predation, resource availability, and environmental conditions. Given...
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Mangrove fragments as key coastal reservoirs of taxonomic and functional biodiversity
Mangrove forests globally suffer from habitat destruction and fragmentation, which may result in severe reductions in mangrove ecosystem biodiversity...
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Spatial Distribution, Size and Age Composition of Population of Mya japonica Jay, 1857 (Bivalvia: Myidae) in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan
AbstractIn July–August 2022, the spatial distribution and the composition of local settlements of the bivalve mollusc Mya japonica Jay, 1857 in the...
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Community and population impacts of an introduced meiofauna (Nippoleucon hinumensis) upon an intertidal infaunal community and its closest endemic analog (Cumella vulgaris)
Introduced species may be one of the penultimate threats facing natural systems in the Anthropocene. Unfortunately, some taxa, such as meiofauna...
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Habitat formed by the invasive macroalga Caulerpa filiformis (Suhr) Hering (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) alters benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in Peru
The green macroalga Caulerpa filiformis has been spreading on shallow soft sediment habitats along the Peruvian coast, colonizing previously...
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The cross-shore distribution of epibenthic predators and its effect on zonation of intertidal macrobenthos: a case study in the river Scheldt
Available research is inconclusive on how circatidal habitat use and cross-shore distribution of aquatic epibenthic predators may affect the vertical...
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Ecological consequences of shoreline armoring on littoral fish and benthic macroinvertebrate communities in an Eastern Ontario lake
Shoreline erosion in lakes is a pressing issue for many landowners, yet common erosion mitigation practices that involve armoring can alter littoral...
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Extending deep-sea benthic biodiversity inventories with environmental DNA metabarcoding
Inventories of biodiversity are crucial for hel** support conservation and management efforts, yet the deep-sea, which is the largest biome on...
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Species and genetic diversity relationships in benthic macroinvertebrate communities along a salinity gradient
BackgroundSpecies- and genetic diversity can change in parallel, resulting in a species-genetic diversity correlation (SGDC) and raising the question...
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Meiofauna Sha** Biogeochemical Processes
Biogeochemical processes at the sediment–water interface are essential for the functioning of marine ecosystems. It is a central question in benthic...