The effective application of biodiversity–ecosystem function (BEF) research to societal
needs amid the Anthropocene represents the next grand challenge for ecology. Biodiversity …

Under globally accelerating rates of ecosystem degradation, maintaining ecosystem function
is a priority to avoid loss of valuable ecosystem services. Two factors are important: changes …

We review the effects of fishing on benthic fauna, habitat, diversity, community structure and
trophic interactions in tropical, temperate and polar marine environments and consider …

This topical and exciting textbook describes fisheries exploitation, biology, conservation and
management, and reflects many recent and important changes in fisheries science. These …

Bottom trawling and use of other mobile fishing gear have effects on the seabed that
resemble forest clearcutting, a terrestrial disturbance recognized as a major threat to …

Fishing affects the seabed habitat worldwide on the continental shelf. These impacts are
patchily distributed according to the spatial and temporal variation in fishing effort that results …

Bottom fishing using towed nets and dredges is one of the most widespread sources of
physical disturbance to the continental shelf seas throughout the world. Previous studies …

Commercial fishing is one of the most important human impacts on the marine benthic
environment. One such impact is through disturbance to benthic habitats as fishing gear …

In marine soft sediments, large organisms are potentially important players in the nonlinear
interactions that occur among animals, their food, and their chemical environment, all of …

Despite the increasing evidence of drastic and profound changes in many ecosystems, often
referred to as regime shifts, we have little ability to understand the processes that provide …