New Horizons in Meiobenthos Research

lt;p>Olav Giere is Professor Emeritus from Hamburg University (Germany), was Acting Professor since 1981 at the Zoological Institute and Museum, and there, he was Director Elected from 1999 to 2003.

Preface.- Chapter 1: Evolution of Bilateria from a Meiofauna Perspective - Miniaturization in the Focus.- Chapter 2: Meiofauna Shaping Biogeochemical Processes.- Chapter 3: Meiofauna and Biofilms - the Slimy Universe.- Chapter 4: Meiofauna Meets Microbes: Chemosynthetic Symbioses.- Chapter 5: Marine Meiofauna Diversity and Biogeography - Paradigms and challenges.- Chapter 6: Freshwater Meiofauna - a Biota with Different Rules?.- Chapter 7: Hidden Players - Meiofauna Mediates Ecosystem Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Ocean.- Chapter 8: Deep-Sea Meiofauna - a World of its Own or Deeply Connected?.- Chapter 9: Polar Meiofauna - Antipoles or Parallels?.- Chapter 10: Cave Meiofauna - Models for Ecology and Evolution.- Chapter 11: Meiofauna - Adapted to Life at the Limits.- Concluding Remarks.- Index.

"This a rigorous book, based on well-founded knowledge, which seeks to motivate and encourage the search for new horizons and inspire the following generations. ... This book makes the reader realise that meiofaunal research is a contemporary subject, using advanced methodologies and addressing modern scientific questions that contribute to current challenges." (Helena Adão, Psammonalia, Issue 176, August, 2023)

"Reading this book felt like assimilating the meiobenthology equivalent of the whole Library of Congress. Yet almost its entire, impressive content was brought into existence because the authors, as Newton and his predecessors so appropriately formulated, were 'standing on the shoulders of giants' and chief among them Olav Giere himself. With the collaboration of Michaela Schratzberger, this illustrious patriarch has gifted the field of meiobenthology with its most important work to date." (Peter G. Beninger, Invertebrate Biology, June 13, 2023)
"The thorough review of each topic by authors experienced in the subject coupled with a comprehensive reference list should encourage a student or a researcher beginning a study of meiobenthos to go beyond the identification of individual taxa and study the community as a whole. It is also a recognition of the importance of the meiobenthos in regulating ecological processes and should be ample justification for their inclusion in research of ecosystems." (JyotsnaSharma, Bulletin - Ecological Society of America, May 29, 2023)

“The thorough review of each topic by authors experienced in the subject coupled with a comprehensive reference list should encourage a student or a researcher beginning a study of meiobenthos to go beyond the identification of individual taxa and study the community as a whole. It is also a recognition of the importance of the meiobenthos in regulating ecological processes and should be ample justification for their inclusion in research of ecosystems.” (Jyotsna Sharma, Bulletin - Ecological Society of America, May 29, 2023)