Tropical island saprophagous invertebrates have received little attention despite their important role in sustaining soil fertility. Soil biodiversity the agroecosystems of Lesser Antilles is subject to various anthropic and environmental perturbations; therefore, it crucial promote agricultural practices that help preserve it. Here, we investigate effect conversion organic farming sugarcane pr...

As diferentes coberturas vegetais formam sobre o solo uma camada que serve como abrigo de diversos organismos. Entre estes, destaca-se a macrofauna epiedáfica, desempenhando importantes funções melhoria e manutenção da qualidade do solo. Diante exposto, objetivo trabalho foi avaliar epiedáfica associada usos na região Sudoeste estado Paraná. A avaliação realizada pela instalação armadilhas qued...

Analyzing functional species' characteristics (species traits) that represent physiological, life history and morphological characteristics of species help understanding the impacts of various stressors on aquatic communities at field conditions. This research aimed to study the combined effects of pesticides and other environmental factors (temperature, dissolved oxygen, dissolved organic carb...

Sediment properties, microphytobenthos biomass (chlorophyll a and phaeopigments), and the structure of the benthic communities of the three main lagoons (Mirim, Imaruí and Santo Antonio) of the Laguna Estuarine System, South Brazil, were analyzed during summer and winter. Microphytobenthos biomass did not differ significantly among the lagoons, but showed higher values in the summer. The macrof...

Diverse faunal groups inhabit deep-sea sediments over much of Earth's surface, but our understanding of how interannual-scale climate variation alters sediment community components and biogeochemical processes remains limited. The vast majority of deep-sea communities depend on a particulate organic carbon food supply that sinks from photosynthetically active surface waters. Variations in food ...