title: Ecology of Meiobenthos Inhabiting the Local Biotopes of Gas Seeps in Coastal Waters of Crimea: Taxonomic Composition and Distribution in Bottom Sediments
abstract: The present study reports results of investigation of meiobenthos from shallow-water gas seeps of Cape Tarkhankut (North-Western Crimea). The meiobenthic communities at the gas seeps have been found to be suppressed and less abundant than the zoobenthos in the surrounding seabed substrates. The density peaks of seep meiofauna are confined to the upper 0–3 cm layer, in contrast to the surrounding sands, where much more abundant meiofauna is located deeper in the sediment layer. Dominant and subdo
journal: Journal of Siberian Federal University Biology