Climate change has multiple effects on Baltic Sea species, communities and ecosystem
functioning through changes in physical and biogeochemical environmental characteristics …

Location, specific topography, and hydrographic setting together with climate change and
strong anthropogenic pressure are the main factors shaping the biogeochemical functioning …

Global warming is causing significant losses of marine ice around the polar regions. In
Antarctica, the retreat of tidewater glaciers is opening up novel, low‐energy habitats (fjords) …

Benthic animals profoundly influence the cycling and storage of carbon and other elements
in marine systems, particularly in coastal sediments. Recent climate change has altered the …

Nutrient loading and climate change affect coastal ecosystems worldwide. Unravelling the
combined effects of these pressures on benthic macrofauna is essential for understanding …

Sea ice is one of the most critical environmental drivers shaping primary production and
fluxes of organic inputs to benthic communities in the Arctic Ocean. Fluctuations in organic …

The exchange between the water column and the seafloor is a complex process, and is
particularly intensive in the shallow waters of highly productive coastal areas, where the …

Benthic macrofauna modifies carbon and nutrient retention and recycling processes in
coastal habitats. However, the contribution of benthic consumers to carbon and nutrient …

Benthic fauna plays an important role in mediating biogeochemical cycles in coastal areas
by storing carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in their body tissues at theoretically …

Soft sediment marine benthic ecosystems comprise a diverse community of bacteria,
meiofauna and macrofauna, which together support a range of ecosystem processes such …