Benthic ecosystems form the foundation of many marine and freshwater environments, providing essential services such as nutrient recycling, sediment stabilisation and habitat formation. Central to ...

Marine biodiversity : its past development, present status, and future threats / Stephen Widdicombe and Paul J. Somerfield -- Biodiversity in the context of ecosystem function / Anne E. Magurran -- ...

Introduction -- Setting the scene : the context of investigating ecosystem functioning -- What do we need for a functioning ecosystem? The debate on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning -- Becoming ...

There were significant differences in the key driving factors of aboveground biomass in different spatial degrees. The results of the mixed effects model revealed the effects of tree diversity, ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine invertebrates can accurately reflect the functional diversity of past ecosystems ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 6, 2025) A study in Ecology Letters finds “severe degradation of ecosystem functioning in the form of loss of organic matter consumption and dramatic shifts in primary ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 3, 2026) In analyzing the direct and indirect effects of pesticides that act simultaneously upon macrozoobenthos communities (invertebrates living in or on sediment) in ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible consequences for both humans and nonhumans. Numerous examples illustrate how the ...