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Experimental selection of Marylynnia puncticaudata (Cyatholaimidae, Nematoda) and effects of organic enrichment

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Meiobenthic nematodes are well-known bioindicators in aquatic ecosystem health programs. However, the explored taxa are still limited and practically devoted to the community level. The present study provided a new method of experimental isolation of a species from a pristine nematofauna. In our method, the nematofauna faced two types of sediment, namely, the leaves of Posidonia oceanica and shells of Mytilus galloprovincialis, under controlled laboratory conditions, and several changes in species composition occurred through gradual selection of the most adaptable nematode taxa to the new environments, which were previously defaunated. We used the selected nematode taxon, Marylynnia puncticaudata (Cyatholaimidae), to examine the possible effects of organic enrichment, and the results clearly showed that the body size of the nematodes significantly increased and they became fat when after enrichment using a powder made of marine agar (1200 mg l−1) and cuticles of Crangon crangon (900 mg l−1), but their relative body growth showed no discernible changes.

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP-2020/17), King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

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  1. Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Laboratory of Environment Biomonitoring, Coastal Ecology and Ecotoxicology Unit, University of Carthage, 7021, Zarzouna, Tunisia

    Mohamed Allouche, Ahmed Nasri, Hamouda Beyrem & Fehmi Boufahja

  2. Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Abdel Halim Harrath & Lamjed Mansour

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Mohamed Allouche: formal analysis, validation, and writing: original draft and writing: review and editing. Ahmed Nasri: data curation and investigation. Abdel Halim Harrath: funding acquisition and writing: review and editing. Lamjed Mansour: funding acquisition and investigation. Hamouda Beyrem: data curation and investigation. Fehmi Boufahja: conceptualization, formal analysis, funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, supervision, validation and writing: review and editing.

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Allouche, M., Nasri, A., Harrath, A.H. et al. Experimental selection of Marylynnia puncticaudata (Cyatholaimidae, Nematoda) and effects of organic enrichment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 6866–6876 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11050-1

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