The paradigm for the latitudinal gradient in species richness is that it is unimodal with a
tropical peak. For 27 published studies, and global datasets of 65 000 recent and 50 000 …

This paper reviews the utility and availability of biological and ecological traits for marine
species so as to prioritise the development of a world database on marine species traits. In …

Widespread accumulation and distribution of microplastics at the sea surface raise concerns
as the habitat is a feeding ground for zooplankton. As primary consumers, these organisms …

Cleaning symbiosis has been documented extensively in the marine environment over the
past 50 years. We estimate global cleaner diversity comprises 208 fish species from 106 …

Taxonomy is the foundation of biodiversity science because it furthers discovery of new
species. Globally, there have never been so many people involved in naming species new …

Seagrass meadows are marine habitats with high ecological importance. Their detection in
the fossil record will contribute to our understanding of the development of patterns of …

The development of ecosystem-based fisheries management over the last two decades has
increased attention on the protection of vulnerable resources that are of little or no economic …

Spread of alien species (AS) is a serious threat to marine habitats and analysis of principal
descriptors of their occurrence is pivotal to set reliable conservation strategies. In order to …

Recognition of the threats to biodiversity and its importance to society has led to calls for
globally coordinated sampling of trends in marine ecosystems. As a step to defining such …

The marine environment is an important source of structurally-diverse and biologically-active
secondary metabolites. During the last two decades, thousands of compounds were …