Meiofauna Marina

Microfauna Marina (Gustav-Fischer-Verlag)
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Dear Reader,

In the twenties of the 20th century, Adolf Remane from Kiel, Germany, was looking for an ecosystem which was poor in species, because he wanted to describe such a marine ecosystem as complete as possible. Because relatively few species had been found, he expected the interstitial system to be an ideal model. It very soon turned out that Remane completely underestimated the species richness of this community. But he had opened the door to a fascinating, extremely diverse and highly dynamic system which has become an important component of marine research.

Defined as animals of microscopic size living in marine sediments, marine meiofauna is found from the shore to the deep sea. Today it is known as one of the earth’s richest and most diverse community that still contains numerous undescribed species and higher taxa.

Special adaptations evolved within the meiofaunal community, especially in meiofaunal organisms living in the intertidal zone with its extremely changing abiotic influences. Certain higher taxa evolved exclusively in the marine interstitial system. Specific evolutionary constrains in this environment caused elaborated life-cycles, migration patterns, reproductive behaviours and structural adaptations. The interstitial system is also a habitat for larvae and juveniles of several macrofaunal species. A surprisingly large number of species coexists in the tiny interstices, but still most questions on their interactions and life strategies await their answers.

Chief editor
Kai Horst GEORGE
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
E-mail: kgeorge@senckenberg.de

Co-editor
M. Antonio TODARO
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/d, I-41100 Modena, Italia
E-mail: todaro.antonio@unimore.it

Editorial board
Werner ARMONIES, Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Wattenmeerstation List auf Sylt, Germany
Thomas BARTOLOMAEUS, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Susan BELL, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Marco CURINI GALLETTI, University of Sassari, Italy
Nicole DUBILIER, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie, Bremen, Germany
Peter FUNCH, University of Åarhus, Denmark
Gerhard HASZPRUNAR, Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany
Rony HUYS, Natural History Museum, London, England
Ulf JONDELIUS, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Marianne K. LITVAITIS, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
Reinhardt MØBJERG KRISTENSEN, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ken-Ichi TAJIKA, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Seth TYLER, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Magda VINCX, University Gent, Belgium
Wilfried WESTHEIDE, Universität Osnabrück, Germany

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