ArticleCommunications biology2020
Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches.
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- Metacommunity Theory and Metabarcoding Reveal the Environmental, Spatial and Biotic Drivers of Meiofaunal Communities in Sandy Beaches.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature.Communications biology · 2025Article
- From Microscale Interactions to Macroscale Patterns in Copepod-Crinoid Symbiosis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Transition of an estuarine benthic meiofauna assemblage 1.7 and 2.8 years after a mining disaster.PeerJ · 2023Article
- Assessing the benthic quality status of three fine sand tropical beaches from the Andaman Islands through the application of marine biotic indices.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2022Article
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- How does the beach ecosystem change without tourists during COVID-19 lockdown?Biological conservation · 2021Article
- The curious and neglected soft-bodied meiofauna: Rouphozoa (Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes).Hydrobiologia · 2020Article
- Nourished, Exposed Beaches Exhibit Altered Sediment Structure and Meiofaunal Communities.Diversity · 2020Article
- Riding the Storm: Microeukaryote Community Responses to Hurricane Disturbance.The Journal of eukaryotic microbiologyArticle
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Abstract
Whereas most work to understand impacts of humans on biodiversity on coastal areas has focused on large, conspicuous organisms, we highlight effects of tourist access on the diversity of microscopic marine animals (meiofauna). We used a DNA metabarcoding approach with an iterative and phylogeny-based approach for the taxonomic assignment of meiofauna and relate diversity patterns to the numbers of tourists accessing sandy beaches on an otherwise un-impacted island National Park. Tourist frequentation, independently of differences in sediment granulometry, beach length, and other potential confounding factors, affected meiofaunal diversity in the shallow "swash" zone right at the mean water mark; the impacts declined with water depth (up to 2 m). The indicated negative effect on meiofauna may have a consequence on all the biota including the higher trophic levels. Thus, we claim that it is important to consider restricting access to beaches in touristic areas, in order to preserve biodiversity.
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