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 …

Ocean acidification (OA) affects marine biodiversity and alters the structure and function of
marine populations, communities, and ecosystems. Recently, effects of OA on the behavioral …

Sea level rise (SLR) has been described as one of the greatest potential causes of
ecosystem disruption, putting many coastal areas at risk of irreversible changes. However …

Coastal areas are at the centre of human–nature relationship, shaped by recreation, tourism
and aesthetic values. However, socioeconomic drivers of biodiversity change in coastal …

Environmental filtering is a major mechanism structuring ecological communities. However,
it is still not clear how different abiotic drivers composing the environmental filter interact with …

While the study of dispersal and connectivity in the ocean typically centres on pelagic
species and planktonic larval stages of benthic species, the present work explores an …

Worldwide bivalve aquaculture is expanding rapidly. Simultaneously, there has been a loss
of natural bivalve reefs due to anthropogenic activities. As bivalve reefs support several …

Sediment acidification is known to influence the burrowing behaviour of juvenile marine
bivalves. Unlike the alteration of behaviour by ocean acidification (OA) observed in many …

Understanding large‐scale spatial variation in ecosystem properties and associated
functionality is key for successful conservation of ecosystems. This study provides a template …

Top-down, bottom-up, middle-out and abiotic factors are usually viewed as main forces
structuring biological communities, although assessment of their relative importance, in a …