Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature

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. 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.

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Communications Biology
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2025-03-17
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07888-1
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22
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Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
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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. 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.

Communications BiologyVol. 8(1)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES), Uppsala University (SE), University of Copenhagen (DK), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (BR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (GB), Natural History Museum (GB), University of Helsinki (FI), University of Nevada, Reno (US), Kyushu University (JP), Ifremer (FR), University of Sassari (IT), École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR), Stockholm University (SE), University of Georgia (US), Queen Mary University of London (GB), University of Alabama (US), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (US), University of Oslo (NO), University of Toronto (CA), Universidad de Alcalá (ES), University of Urbino (IT), Heidelberg University (DE), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR), University of L'Aquila (IT), Swedish Museum of Natural History (SE), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (GB), Sorbonne Université (FR), Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR), Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NL), Natural History Museum Aarhus (DK), Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (DE), Water Research Institute (IT), Finnish Museum of Natural History (FI), Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (DE), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer (FR), Océanopolis (FR), National Research Council (IT), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NZ), Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES), Universidade Federal de Goiás (BR), University of Gothenburg (SE), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR), Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (US)
National Science Foundation, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Universidade de São Paulo, Göteborgs Universitet, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
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