Perspectives in Meiobenthology Reviews, Reflections and Conclusions /

• Main Author: Giere, Olav (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biology,
• Subjects: Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology .; Biodiversity.; Applied ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Applied Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Although of high abundance, diversity and ecological importance, meiofauna is little covered by relevant scientific media. How can this negligence be overcome? The present treatise highlights promising meiofauna research fields, selected both from basic and applied science, as well as new methods th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Fields of general relevance and broad public interest
• Chapter 2: Pollution and Meiofauna
• Chapter 3: Future ecological trends in meiobenthos research
• Chapter 4: Physiology, biochemistry and meiofauna - a rarely touched realm
• Chapter 5: Towards and integrated triad - taxonomy, morphology, and phylogeny
• Epilogue.