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Re-discovering macerating<i> Posidonia oceanica</i> bottoms: Characterization of meiofaunal community inhabiting a peculiar Mediterranean habitat. <i>Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 309</i>: 108956. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108956\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108956</a>","BEntID":394198,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 309</i>: 108956. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108956\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108956</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Cocozza di Montanara, A.; Semprucci, F.; Rendina, F.; Russo, G.F.; Sandulli, R.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Cocozza di Montanara, A. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"The highly efficient carbon storage capacity of beds formed by <i>Posidonia oceanica</i>, an endemic Mediterranean seagrass species, has been widely recognized. Recently, the supra-littoral deposits of leaf litter (i.e., <i>banquettes</i>) have been investigated in terms of their nutrients, biomass and associated community. Nevertheless, an overlooked fraction of the <i>P. oceanica</i> detritus never reaches the shore and sinks far away to deeper seafloor. Additionally, part of the supra-littoral deposit goes back to the sea during winter swells. This deep detrital compartment, mainly composed of sediment mixed with dead leaves and rhizomes coming from <i>P. oceanica</i> beds, has only been described once by Pères in 1953, who focused on the macrofaunal component. Here, we investigated for the first time the meiofaunal community inhabiting sediments characterized by <i>P. oceanica</i> detritus in a deposit located at 65−80&nbsp;m depth off the Ischia Island (Gulf of Naples, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea). Our results show that the meiofaunal community appears highly diversified and strongly dominated by nematodes (from 85% to 93%). 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