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  • Programme area:Biodiversity in a Changing World
April 2025
Communications Earth & Environment. - 6(2025), Art. 299

Mangroves support an estimated annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates

Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen; Thomas A. Worthington; Jonathan R. Gair; Emma E. Garnett; Nibedita Mukherjee; Kate Longley-Wood; Ivan Nagelkerken; Kátya Abrantes; Octavio Aburto-Oropeza; Alejandro Acosta; Ana Rosa da Rocha Araujo; Ronald Baker; Adam Barnett; Christine M. Beitl; Rayna Benzeev; Justin Brookes; Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo; Ving Ching Chong; Rod M. Connolly; Marília Cunha-Lignon; Farid Dahdouh-Guebas; Karen Diele; Patrick G. Dwyer; Daniel A. Friess; Thomas Grove; M. Enamul Hoq; Chantal Huijbers; Neil Hutchinson; Andrew F. Johnson; Ross Johnson; Jon Knight; Uwe Krumme; Baraka Kuguru; Shing Yip Lee; Aaron Savio Lobo; Blandina R. Lugendo; Jan-Olaf Meynecke; Cosmas Nzaka Munga; Andrew D. Olds; Cara L. Parrett; Borja G. Reguero; Patrik Rönnbäck; Anna Safryghin; Marcus Sheaves; Matthew D. Taylor; Jocemar Tomasino Mendonça; Nathan J. Waltham; Matthias Wolff; Mark D. Spalding
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02229-w
March 2025
Communications Biology. - 8(2025), Art. 449

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

Alejandro Martínez; Stefano Bonaglia; Maikon Di Domenico; Gustavo Fonseca; Jeroen Ingels; Katharina M. Jörger; Christopher Laumer; Francesca Leasi; Daniela Zeppilli; Elisa Baldrighi; Holly Bik; Diego Cepeda; Marco Curini-Galletti; Asher D. Cutter; Giovanni dos Santos; Simone Fattorini; Dagmar Frisch; Sabine Gollner; Ulf Jondelius; Alexandra Kerbl; Kevin M. Kocot; Nabil Majdi; Stefano Mammola; José M. Martín-Durán; André Menegotto; Paul A. Montagna; Francisco J. A. Nascimento; Nicolas Puillandre; Anne Rognant; Nuria Sánchez; Isaac R. Santos; Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa; Michaela Schratzberger; Federica Semprucci; Mauricio Shimabukuro; Paul J. Sommerfield; Torsten H. Struck; Martin V. Sørensen; Andreas Wallberg; Katrine Worsaae; Hiroshi Yamasaki; Diego Fontaneto

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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07888-1