The importance of turbellarians in the marine meiobenthos: a review

Martens, Paul; Schockaert, Ernest R.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-4810-5_42

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“…However, the lack of simple latitudinal gradients has been reported for several taxonomic groups, mainly of meiobenthic size: nematodes, turbellarians, harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods, etc. (Martens & Schockaert 1986, Gobin 1992, Reid 1992 and many others). In some cases the signs of non-linear response also occur.…”

Section: Reasons For Diversity Gradients: Depth and Latitudementioning

confidence: 98%

Re-evaluation of species diversity patterns of free-living marine nematodes

Mokievsky¹,

Azovsky²

2002

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Nematode species diversity was analysed for 55 data points ranging from local studies to large-scale faunal surveys. Multiple regression analysis uses latitude, investigated area, sampling effort and depth as independent variables. Species diversity in a biotope (or α-diversity) is about twice as high in the deep sea, while the main source of diversity in shallow waters is heterogeneity of biotopes (β-diversity). For sites deeper than 100 m, regional species richness shows a unimodal (hump-shaped) latitudinal pattern, with the highest diversity at 30°to 60°N. Species diversity in shallow waters does not show any prominent gradients throughout the world ocean. These patterns possibly reflect the diversity-productivity relationships. Different approaches to estimation of species diversity are discussed.

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Section: Reasons For Diversity Gradients: Depth and Latitudementioning

confidence: 98%

Re-evaluation of species diversity patterns of free-living marine nematodes

Mokievsky¹,

Azovsky²

2002

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Most Proseriata are minute interstitial organisms with an elongate body, occurring in all marine habitats, from supra-to sublittoral environments, and in all kinds of sediments (Curini-Galletti and Martens, 1990). They are particularly common in high-energy habitats, with medium to coarse sediments (Reise, 1988), where they may be the dominant metazoan species (Martens and Schockaert, 1986). Proseriata are known also to characterize entire animal communities, e.g., the "Otoplana" zone of Remane (1933), i.e., the surf zone of high-energy beaches, which is dominated worldwide by otoplanid proseriates.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Proseriata are carnivores and/or scavengers (Martens and Schockaert, 1986), and their impact on meiofaunal organisms may be considerable. For example, a population of the monocelid Pseudomonocelis ophiocephala, with a mean annual density of 14,640 individuals m Ϫ2 , may consume over 500,000 amphipods a year (Murina, 1981).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Interrelationships of Proseriata (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) Tested with Molecules and Morphology

Littlewood

Curini‐Galletti

Herniou

2000

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…Interactions with tubes and burrows of macrofauna, around which better sediment chemistry conditions exist, namely higher oxygen levels, can also create microhabitats at certain sediment depths where meiofauna usually do not occur due to adverse sediment chemistry conditions (Meyers et al, 1987;Ólafsson, 2003). The grain size of sediments can also play an important role on meiofaunal abundances, directly through the availability of interstitial habitats, or indirectly through changes in the availability of food and oxygen (McIntyre, 1969;Martens and Schockaert, 1986;Giere, 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%