Abstract Aim Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has demonstrated its applicability
as a highly sensitive biomonitoring tool across small spatial and temporal scales in marine …

Aim The pattern of increasing biological diversity from high latitudes to the equator
[latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG)] has been recognized for> 200 years. Empirical studies …

Mesophotic reefs, defined as reefs between 30 m and 150 m, have been less investigated
than their shallower counterparts. Yet, more protected from human activities and bleaching …

Intraspecific diversity promotes evolutionary change, and when partitioned among
geographic regions or habitats can form the basis for speciation. Marine species live in an …

Climate change and anthropogenic stressors affect the distribution, abundance, and
diversity of fish communities across the world. To understand rapidly changing biotic …

With the widespread influence of human activities on marine ecosystems, evaluation of
ecological status provides valuable information for conservation initiatives and sustainable …

Latitudinal diversity gradients (LDGs) of species richness in most marine taxa appear to be
bimodal with a dip at the equator. We compared LDGs for modeled ranges of 5,619 marine …

Modeling and forecasting ocean ecosystems in a changing world will require advances in
observational efforts to monitor marine biodiversity. One of the observational challenges in …

Functional diversity (FD) metrics quantify the trait diversity in biological assemblages and act
as a proxy for the diverse ecological functions performed in the community. Analyses of FD …

The study was carried out to obtain information on the present status and trend of finfish
diversity of the Old Brahmaputra river, Bangladesh. Samples were collected directly from a …