In many regions across the globe, extreme weather events such as storms have increased in
frequency, intensity, and duration due to climate change. Ecological theory predicts that …

Climate change scenarios predict that rivers, lakes, and reservoirs will experience increased
temperatures, more intense and longer periods of thermal stratification, modified hydrology …

Biodiversity of phytoplankton is important for ecosystem stability and marine
biogeochemistry. However, the large-scale patterns of diversity are not well understood and …

Cyanobacteria are predicted to increase due to climate and land use change. However, the
relative importance and interaction of warming temperatures and increased nutrient …

Biological traits offer valuable approaches to understand species distributions and
underlying mechanisms. Their use has received a growing interest in marine community …

The European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (ERSEM) is one of the most established
ecosystem models for the lower trophic levels of the marine food web in the scientific …

A key challenge in ecology is to understand how nutrients and light affect the biodiversity
and community structure of phytoplankton and plant communities. According to resource …

Ecologists often group organisms based on similar biological traits or on taxonomic criteria.
However, the use of taxonomy in ecology has many drawbacks because taxa may include …

Trait-based approaches are an alternative to species-based approaches for functionally
linking individual organisms with community structure and dynamics. In the trait-based …

The renewed interest in trait-based approaches has offered a stimulating, conceptual
framework for predicting species distributions, assessing community composition and …