Marine ecosystems are experiencing rapid and pervasive changes in biodiversity and species composition. Understanding the ecosystem consequences of these changes is …
Background With the recognition that environmental change resulting from anthropogenic activities is causing a global decline in biodiversity, much attention has been devoted to …
Theoretical ecology predicts that heterogeneous habitats allow more species to co-exist in a given area. In the deep sea, biodiversity is positively linked with ecosystem functioning …
Ecosystem functioning is threatened by an increasing number of anthropogenic stressors, creating a legacy of disturbance that undermines ecosystem resilience. However, few …
JA Godbold, MT Bulling… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Much of what we know about the role of biodiversity in mediating ecosystem processes and function stems from manipulative experiments, which have largely been performed in …
Background Evidence increasingly shows that stream ecosystems greatly contribute to global carbon fluxes. This involves a tight coupling between biofilms, the dominant form of …
The role of biodiversity in mediating ecosystem processes has been the subject of focused theoretical and empirical attention since the mid‐1990s. Theory predicts that the balance …
MT Bulling, N Hicks, L Murray… - … of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic activity is currently leading to dramatic transformations of ecosystems and losses of biodiversity. The recognition that these ecosystems provide services that are …
Seafloor ecosystems play pivotal roles in biogeochemical cycling, but hypoxia (O 2< 2 mg l− 1) is changing the way they contribute to ecosystem function on a global scale. A major …