Title:	Neglected area of meiobenthos: bibliometric analysis in the status of research on hyporheic meiofauna.
Authors:	SANTOS, S. N. dos ROLIM NETO, F. C. OLIVEIRA, M. A. CORRÊA, M. M. PARAHYBA, R. da B. V. CALDAS, A. M. ARRUDA, V. C. M. de
Affiliation:	SUELEN NASCIMENTO DOS SANTOS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO; FERNANDO CARTAXO ROLIM NETO, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO; MATHEUS ASSIS OLIVEIRA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO; MARCUS METRI CORRÊA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO; ROBERTO DA BOA VIAGEM PARAHYBA, CNPS; ANILDO MONTEIRO CALDAS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO; VALMIR CRISTIANO MARQUES DE ARRUDA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO.
Date Issued:	2023
Citation:	Journal of Environmental Analysis and Progress, v. 8, n. 4, p. 252-262, 2023.
Description:	Studies on freshwater meiofauna are still enigmatic. This field of research is relatively neglected because this topic is not as increasing as the others, creating a gap in this area. The deficit of knowledge and surveys impose a barrier to new research and the increase of scientific interest in this area. This paper briefly reviews what exists in freshwater meiofauna worldwide, focusing on increasing knowledge on this topic and making this little-known area of meiofauna a common study field in science. The methodology involved a bibliographic survey from the Web of Science (WOS) bibliographic database. The search was performed by document title, keywords, and abstract, highlighting meiofauna (or meiobenthos) and hyporheic zone (or hyporheos). The results showed 28 documents on hyporheic meiofauna worldwide, mainly concentrated in Germany. The few articles highlighted that the lack of research on the hyporheic meiofauna community, its ecology, taxonomy, and biology is evident. It is hoped that this bibliometric review can be used as an alert about this area of meiofauna that is so important but at the same time is neglected, having a very exclusive group of authors and works, being of extreme importance different directions of research that involves hyporheic meiofauna to a better understanding of this fauna importance, ecosystemic services, and ecology.
Thesagro:	Ecologia
NAL Thesaurus:	Ecology
Keywords:	Bibliometrix State of the art Meiofauna Estado da arte Meiobentos Revisão bibliométrica
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.24221/jeap.8.4.2023.5851.252-262
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPS)