The genus Gammarus (Amphipoda) is one of the most speciose genera of Crustacea, yet
much uncertainty remains concerning taxonomy and systematic relationships, particularly for …

Morphology-based profiling of benthic communities has been extensively applied to aquatic
ecosystems’ health assessment. However, it remains a low-throughput, and sometimes …

DNA metabarcoding provides a rapid and effective identification tool of macroinvertebrate
species. The accuracy of species-level assignment, and consequent taxonomic coverage, …

Meiofaunal animals, roughly between 0.045-1 mm in size, are ubiquitous and ecologically
important inhabitants of benthic marine ecosystems. Their high species richness and rapid …

Meiofaunal organisms play a key role in estuarine ecosystems, being responsible for significant
ecological processes. However, meiofauna constitutes a particularly difficult community …

Background The unique and complex paleoclimatic and paleogeographic events which
affected the Mediterranean Sea since late Miocene deeply influenced the distribution and …

Biodiversity has been fundamental to sustain the human population, which is currently
estimated at nearly 7 billion people. However, less than one fifth of the extant species are known …

Meiofauna organisms play an important role in ecological and sedimentary processes in
estuarine ecosystems. Recently, the application of environmental DNA (eDNA) for investigating …

The potential of the amphipod Gammarus locusta as a toxicity test organism has been
studied. The sensitivity to non-contaminant variables and to copper spiked sediments (with …

Background Mental Health First Aid Training Programmes can be carried out by nurses in
schools. Adolescents have reported the importance of these interventions, the contents to be …