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Timing and periodicity of Phanerozoic marine biodiversity and environmental change. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2019
Roberts GG, Mannion PD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Seagrass species diversity in Tanzania based on morphological and molecular data

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Seagrass diversity along the Tanzanian coast has been documented mainly through morphology, with limited molecular reference data available for Tanzania and the wider Western Indian Ocean. This study combined morphological identification with nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and plastid ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
James Leonard Lusana, Blandina Robert Lugendo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of stability in plankton communities: dominance, asynchrony, and averaging effects across temporal, spatial and trophic scales

Oikos, EarlyView.
The origins of ecosystem stability have long intrigued ecologists. Recent theoretical advancements highlight three primary mechanisms driving stability: dominance, asynchrony and averaging. While plant community stability has been extensively studied, our understanding of marine community stability remains limited. Plankton, as key components of marine
Guido Occhipinti, Francesco Dattilo, Eva Álvarez, Cosimo Solidoro, Paolo Lazzari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine biodiversity research in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: current status and trends. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Reimer JD, Biondi P, Lau YW, Masucci GD, Nguyen XH, Santos MEA, Wee HB.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

No way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming Mediterranean

Oikos, EarlyView.
Anthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain comparatively overlooked, particularly in marine ecosystems, where long‐term data on how highly complex systems respond to disturbances are scarce.
Yanis Zentner, Joaquim Garrabou, Pol Capdevila, Natalia Ruiz‐Valero, Daniel Gómez‐Gras, Núria Teixidó, Cristina Linares   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does bigger mean sicker? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the intraspecific relationship between host body size and parasite infection across vertebrate taxa

Oikos, EarlyView.
Elucidating the determinants of parasite infection levels of individuals within a population is a basic but important step for understanding the roles of parasites in natural systems. Among intraspecific studies on vertebrate hosts and metazoan parasites, host body size (length/mass) is probably the most frequently reported factor determining parasite ...
Ryota Hasegawa, Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Bronwen Presswell, Jerusha Bennett, Cameron McDougall, Katherine E. Buschang, Xuhong Chai, Robert Poulin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating and assessing metacommunity drivers of ecosystem function and resilience in benthic algal systems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding the scales and mechanisms by which species composition interacts with ecosystem functions is critical for forecasting the effects of environmental perturbations on ecosystem services. However, the linkages between what regulates the ecosystem functions of dispersal‐capable networks of communities (metacommunities) and what regulates a ...
Thomas P. Shannon, Evelyn E. Gaiser
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Biodiversity Records [PDF]

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2009
openaire   +1 more source

Dynamic response of communities and ecosystem functions to ecosystem engineering and multiple stressors in a marine mussel bed

Oikos, EarlyView.
Ecosystem engineers are crucial to the development of coastal ecosystem communities and functions. However, a better understanding of how environmental stressors affect ecosystem engineering and thereby influence communities and ecosystem dynamics is needed. We conducted an in situ experiment in a blue mussel Mytilus spp.
Félix Lauzon, Charlotte Carrier‐Belleau, Jérémie Boucher‐Fontaine, Philippe Archambault, Mathieu Cusson, Frédéric Guichard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine biodiversity at the end of the world: Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez islands. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Friedlander AM, Ballesteros E, Bell TW, Giddens J, Henning B, Hüne M, Muñoz A, Salinas-de-León P, Sala E.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source