Perspectives in meiobenthology : reviews, reflections and conclusions / Olav Giere.

Intro; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Fields of General Scientific Importance and Public Interest; 1 New Areas, Novel Communities, Exotic Biotopes; 2 The Deep-Sea-More Than an Interesting 'No Man's Land'; 3 Newly Accessible Polar Regions; References; 3 Pollution and Meiofauna-Old Topics, New Hazards; 1 Water Acidification by CO2 Increase; 2 Microplastics and Plastic Fibres; 3 Oil Spills at the Deep-Sea Floor; 4 Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Groundwater Aquifers; References; 4 Future Trend Lines in Ecological Meiobenthos Research

1 Aspects of Biodiversity2 Reflections on Distribution, Dispersal and Colonization; 3 Organismic Interactions-Meiofauna Between Microbiota and Macrofauna; References; 5 Physiology, Biochemistry and Meiofauna-A Rarely Touched Terrain; 1 Hypoxia, Anoxia and Hydrogen Sulphide-Fields of Challenge; 2 Temperature-A Principal Physiological Driver; 3 Fatty Acids and Stable Isotopes as Biomarkers; 4 Physiological Pathways Revealed by the Genetic Background; References; 6 Towards an Integrated Triad: Taxonomy, Morphology and Phylogeny; 1 Advances at the Methodological Basis

2 New Trends Reviving 'Old Morphology'3 Phylogeny and Evolution-Meiofauna at the Deep Nodes; References; 7 Epilogue; References