Benthic foraminiferal research in the North Pacific has a long history, with works published over century ago providing important information about taxonomy and distribution of morphospecies. These studies focused mainly on areas outside Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). Our knowledge faunas within CCZ originates largely from recent baseline investigations related to likely future seabed mining po...

Experiments on the entrainment of surface sediments around polychaete tubes at natural and manipulated densities were conducted in a recirculating seawater flume. Intact cores with either 0 or 8 Diopatra cuprea tubes per 0.01 m* plus associated assemblages were collected in the field. Sediments which contained D. cuprea tubes had natural macrofaunal densities > 5 x those of sediments without tu...

An alternative approach to notice changes of the nematode community structure was evaluated in five study cases Mediterranean Sea. In detail, we suggested a combination morpho-functional traits (i.e., amphid, cuticle, buccal cavity, and tail shape) as an taxonomic identification nematodes. The results clearly demonstrated that matrixes made using trait code numbers perfectly mirror at genus lev...