Considerable scientific progress has been made in describing structural aspects of marine ecosystems and in particular the determinants of the distribution and abundance of larger-sized species and their assemblages whereas the smaller-sized fauna has been largely neglected.
The objective of Manuela is three-fold:
- To integrate the currently fragmented information on the dynamics and functional role of meiofaunal
- To improve understanding of how the activities of meiobenthic organisms, population dynamics and community assemblages are linked to ecosystem processes
- To facilitate meiobenthic research within the MarBEF community and stimulate the interest in meiobenthology.
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