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Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of nature
Martínez, Alejandro
Bonaglia, Stefano
Di Domenico, Maikon
Fonseca, Gustavo
Ingels, Jeroen
Jörger, Katharina M.
Laumer, Christopher
Leasi, Francesca
Zeppilli, Daniela
Baldrighi, Elisa
Bik, Holly
Cepeda, Diego
Curini Galletti, Marco
Cutter, Asher D.
dos Santos, Giovanni
Fattorini, Simone
Frisch, Dagmar
Gollner, Sabine
Jondelius, Ulf
Kerbl, Alexandra
Kocot, Kevin M.
Majdi, Nabil
Mammola, Stefano
Martín Durán, José M.
Menegotto, André
Montagna, Paul A.
Nascimento, Francisco J. A.
Puillandre, Nicolas
Rognant, Anne
Sánchez Santos, Nuria
Santos, Isaac R.
Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas
Schratzberger, Michaela
Semprucci, Federica
Shimabukuro, Mauricio
Sommerfield, Paul J.
Struck, Torsten H.
Sørensen, Martin V.
Wallberg, Andreas
Worsaae, Katrine
Yamasaki, Hiroshi
Fontaneto, Diego
574.5
595.3
Ecología (Biología)
Invertebrados
Evolución
2401.06 Ecología Animal
2401.19 Zoología Marina
Acknowledgements:
Kevin M. Kocot was funded by NSF DEB-1846174. Dagmar Frisch Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG- German Research Foundation) – Project number 461099895. André Menegotto was supported by a “Juan de la Cierva—Formación” fellowship (FJC2020044080-I), funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”. The study received support from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) of the Italian Ministry of University and Research, funded by the European Union—NextGenerationEU, project code CN_00000033, National Biodiversity Future Center—NBFC, CUP B83C22002930006.
This paper identifies the top-50 priority questions for meiofaunal research, highlighting their critical roles in biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity. It calls for a balanced research agenda, international cooperation, and advances in technology to overcome current challenges and unlock meiofauna’s full potential.
European Commission
National Science Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (Italia)
National Biodiversity Future Center (Italia)
Depto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución
Fac. de Ciencias Biológicas
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pub
2025-05-19T16:55:52Z
2025-05-19T16:55:52Z
2025-03
journal article
VoR
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120222
2399-3642
10.1038/s42003-025-07888-1
eng
Martínez, A., Bonaglia, S., Di Domenico, M. et al. Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature. Commun Biol 8, 449 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07888-1
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