In case you didn't know: in soil ecology, earthworms count as "macrofauna", while moles are "megafauna"🤓
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In case you didn't know: in soil ecology, earthworms count as "macrofauna", while moles are "megafauna"🤓
Sure. There are four common levels:
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sure. There are four common levels:
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna - Nature Communications
Marine animals play a key role in locking carbon deep in the ocean, slowing climate change. This study finds that fishing has already cut this service in half, with climate change expected to further ...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"[U]sing a marine ecosystem model, we estimate that each degree of warming reduces macrofauna biomass and carbon export by 4.2% and 2.46%, respectively."
(Gaël Mariani, Jérôme Guiet, Daniele Bianchi, Tim DeVries, Nicolas Barrier, Marc Troussellier & David Mouillot)
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(Gaël Mariani, Jérôme Guiet, Daniele Bianchi, Tim DeVries, Nicolas Barrier, Marc Troussellier & David Mouillot)
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October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"[U]sing a marine ecosystem model, we estimate that each degree of warming reduces macrofauna biomass and carbon export by 4.2% and 2.46%, respectively."
(Gaël Mariani, Jérôme Guiet, Daniele Bianchi, Tim DeVries, Nicolas Barrier, Marc Troussellier & David Mouillot)
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(Gaël Mariani, Jérôme Guiet, Daniele Bianchi, Tim DeVries, Nicolas Barrier, Marc Troussellier & David Mouillot)
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The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna
->Nature | #fisheries #climate change #carbon sequestration | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Nature | #fisheries #climate change #carbon sequestration | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna
In a scenario without fishing, climate change alone is projected to impact marine macrofauna biomass. By the end of the century, BOATS simulations project a decrease in the biomass of 9.4% ± 2.8% and 23.9% ± 3.6% relative to the...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Even though I don't know them, I feel like I know them! Such distinctive dorsal fins and patches. Thanks for sharing!
We study the same in our fish/reservation in #Leiden, NL.
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#smoelenboek
We study the same in our fish/reservation in #Leiden, NL.
onderwaterinleiden.nl/mediafotofil...
#smoelenboek
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Even though I don't know them, I feel like I know them! Such distinctive dorsal fins and patches. Thanks for sharing!
We study the same in our fish/reservation in #Leiden, NL.
onderwaterinleiden.nl/mediafotofil...
#smoelenboek
We study the same in our fish/reservation in #Leiden, NL.
onderwaterinleiden.nl/mediafotofil...
#smoelenboek
📢 Our book chapter "Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms & enchytraeids" is out with Burleigh Dodds! 🪱
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📢 Our book chapter "Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms & enchytraeids" is out with Burleigh Dodds! 🪱
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
they’re not scammers; decent enough people. but macrofauna whose habitat is already ashes.
October 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
they’re not scammers; decent enough people. but macrofauna whose habitat is already ashes.
Homemadevideo about how we sample aquatic macrofauna in rice fields for our RICESCAPE project. Have a look!
youtu.be/gzLvjGjqaSo
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Sampling aquatic macrofauna in rice fields
YouTube video by Néstor Pérez
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November 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Homemadevideo about how we sample aquatic macrofauna in rice fields for our RICESCAPE project. Have a look!
youtu.be/gzLvjGjqaSo
youtu.be/gzLvjGjqaSo
What has changed in 20 years? Structure and function of soft-sediment macrofauna in a subarctic embayment, Newfoundland (Canada) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.29.564610v1
What has changed in 20 years? Structure and function of soft-sediment macrofauna in a subarctic embayment, Newfoundland (Canada) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.29.564610v1
Understanding how natural and anthropogenic disturbances affect the structure and functioning of mar
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November 2, 2023 at 12:33 AM
What has changed in 20 years? Structure and function of soft-sediment macrofauna in a subarctic embayment, Newfoundland (Canada) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.29.564610v1
“…we demonstrate that mobile organisms, including megafauna and macrofauna, are living in the most disturbed areas. As far as we can measure them, sediment and nodule macrofauna densities and microbial biomass are similar in and out of disturbed areas."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track - Nature
Nature - Long-term impact and biological recovery in a deep-sea mining track
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March 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“…we demonstrate that mobile organisms, including megafauna and macrofauna, are living in the most disturbed areas. As far as we can measure them, sediment and nodule macrofauna densities and microbial biomass are similar in and out of disturbed areas."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper with #Cefas and @mastscot.bsky.social colleagues on radioecology legacy around #decommissioned Oil & Gas structures - some fancy imaging to look inside macrofauna. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... From our NERC-INSITE project FuECoMMS #oilandgas #radiochemistry
A new approach for assessing the radioecological risk associated with the legacy discharge of oil derived natural radioactivity in the UK North Sea
Although oil and gas (O&G) derived produced waters and drill cuttings are known to contain enhanced levels of naturally occurring radium-228 (228Ra) a…
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February 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New paper with #Cefas and @mastscot.bsky.social colleagues on radioecology legacy around #decommissioned Oil & Gas structures - some fancy imaging to look inside macrofauna. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... From our NERC-INSITE project FuECoMMS #oilandgas #radiochemistry
Alappuzha coast Home 417 Makrofaunal Types, finds studies
Bryde's whale, which was washed on the coast of Alappuzha ashore. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Complex studies conducted along the coast of Alappuzha recorded 417 macrofauna species. Research has documented four species of Cnidaria…
Bryde's whale, which was washed on the coast of Alappuzha ashore. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Complex studies conducted along the coast of Alappuzha recorded 417 macrofauna species. Research has documented four species of Cnidaria…
Alappuzha coast Home 417 Makrofaunal Types, finds studies
Bryde's whale, which was washed on the coast of Alappuzha ashore. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Complex studies conducted along the coast of Alappuzha recorded 417 macrofauna species. Research has documented four species of Cnidaria (jellyfish), 44 crustacean species (brachyuran crabs, hermit cracks, shrimp, mantis shrimp and lobsters), 185 mollusca species, seven species and seven species of fish and six species, and seven species) and seven species) and seven species), and seven species).
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June 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Alappuzha coast Home 417 Makrofaunal Types, finds studies
Bryde's whale, which was washed on the coast of Alappuzha ashore. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Complex studies conducted along the coast of Alappuzha recorded 417 macrofauna species. Research has documented four species of Cnidaria…
Bryde's whale, which was washed on the coast of Alappuzha ashore. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Complex studies conducted along the coast of Alappuzha recorded 417 macrofauna species. Research has documented four species of Cnidaria…
FPV kamakazi drone racing, but for invasive macrofauna RFID tagging—i.e. a hunting eSport for ecosystems conservation—mark my words!
April 29, 2024 at 9:29 PM
FPV kamakazi drone racing, but for invasive macrofauna RFID tagging—i.e. a hunting eSport for ecosystems conservation—mark my words!
#Inbalance #summerschool on #macrofauna and #nitrogen cycling is drawing to a close. Congratulations to the main organizers, Jolita, Marco, @MindaugasZilius for the great job. Kudos to all the students for their active participation!
December 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
#Inbalance #summerschool on #macrofauna and #nitrogen cycling is drawing to a close. Congratulations to the main organizers, Jolita, Marco, @MindaugasZilius for the great job. Kudos to all the students for their active participation!
Sandy Beach Macrofauna of Yucatán State (Mexico) and Oil Industry Development in the Gulf of Mexico: First Approach for Detecting Environmental Impacts - @FrontMarineSci http://dlvr.it/RkZHJf
February 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Sandy Beach Macrofauna of Yucatán State (Mexico) and Oil Industry Development in the Gulf of Mexico: First Approach for Detecting Environmental Impacts - @FrontMarineSci http://dlvr.it/RkZHJf
🌾🐟🐍🦀 I present you the 'gànguil' traps, traditional fish traps that we use to survey macrofauna in flooded rice fields, including crayfishes, fishes, amphibians and even snakes.
November 21, 2024 at 8:11 PM
🌾🐟🐍🦀 I present you the 'gànguil' traps, traditional fish traps that we use to survey macrofauna in flooded rice fields, including crayfishes, fishes, amphibians and even snakes.
Aufschrei? Nö, sieht ja keiner... 😠
Noaa says the shortage of snow crabs “appears to be one of the largest reported losses of motile marine macrofauna to marine heatwaves globally”.
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Noaa says the shortage of snow crabs “appears to be one of the largest reported losses of motile marine macrofauna to marine heatwaves globally”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 21, 2023 at 11:36 AM
Aufschrei? Nö, sieht ja keiner... 😠
Noaa says the shortage of snow crabs “appears to be one of the largest reported losses of motile marine macrofauna to marine heatwaves globally”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Noaa says the shortage of snow crabs “appears to be one of the largest reported losses of motile marine macrofauna to marine heatwaves globally”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How about learning on #Microbes-#Macrofauna #Associations and their role in the marine #Nitrogen cycle? Submit your application before April 7! @MindaugasZilius @BioGeoSte @Ugo_Mar @marcobartoli67
December 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
How about learning on #Microbes-#Macrofauna #Associations and their role in the marine #Nitrogen cycle? Submit your application before April 7! @MindaugasZilius @BioGeoSte @Ugo_Mar @marcobartoli67
Actus Mer/Sea News: Biodiversity of coastal epibenthic macrofauna in Eastern Canadian Arctic: Baseline mapping for management and conservation - @FrontMarineSci http://dlvr.it/SVZZJ5
January 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Actus Mer/Sea News: Biodiversity of coastal epibenthic macrofauna in Eastern Canadian Arctic: Baseline mapping for management and conservation - @FrontMarineSci http://dlvr.it/SVZZJ5
We starten vanaf 11 augustus met het aanbrengen van vers grind in de #Maas bij Meers. Zo verbetert het leefgebied van vissen, waterplanten en macrofauna 🐟
ℹ️ Inloopavond woensdag 2 juli, 19.00 tot 21.00 uur in #Meers. Meer info 👉🏼 samenwerkenaanriviernatuur.nl/overzicht-projecten/maas/3063799.aspx
ℹ️ Inloopavond woensdag 2 juli, 19.00 tot 21.00 uur in #Meers. Meer info 👉🏼 samenwerkenaanriviernatuur.nl/overzicht-projecten/maas/3063799.aspx
June 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We starten vanaf 11 augustus met het aanbrengen van vers grind in de #Maas bij Meers. Zo verbetert het leefgebied van vissen, waterplanten en macrofauna 🐟
ℹ️ Inloopavond woensdag 2 juli, 19.00 tot 21.00 uur in #Meers. Meer info 👉🏼 samenwerkenaanriviernatuur.nl/overzicht-projecten/maas/3063799.aspx
ℹ️ Inloopavond woensdag 2 juli, 19.00 tot 21.00 uur in #Meers. Meer info 👉🏼 samenwerkenaanriviernatuur.nl/overzicht-projecten/maas/3063799.aspx
I’ve never met 1 w/ the spine to say that insects should be defended.
Their arguments usually address the deleterious effects of pesticides on macrofauna.
Also I’ve never met a vegan w/ the conviction to hold their educational protests outside of exterminators’ businesses.
Their arguments usually address the deleterious effects of pesticides on macrofauna.
Also I’ve never met a vegan w/ the conviction to hold their educational protests outside of exterminators’ businesses.
July 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve never met 1 w/ the spine to say that insects should be defended.
Their arguments usually address the deleterious effects of pesticides on macrofauna.
Also I’ve never met a vegan w/ the conviction to hold their educational protests outside of exterminators’ businesses.
Their arguments usually address the deleterious effects of pesticides on macrofauna.
Also I’ve never met a vegan w/ the conviction to hold their educational protests outside of exterminators’ businesses.
Check out GSBI's latest blog! Dr. Patrick Lavelle discusses their latest paper where they produced an indicator of soil macrofauna that can be used as indicator of overall soil quality. Check out the blog 👇
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...
A global indicator of soil macroinvertebrate communities — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org
March 5, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Check out GSBI's latest blog! Dr. Patrick Lavelle discusses their latest paper where they produced an indicator of soil macrofauna that can be used as indicator of overall soil quality. Check out the blog 👇
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath...