Societal, economic and scientific interests in knowing where biodiversity is, how it is faring
and what can be done to efficiently mitigate further biodiversity loss and the associated loss …

In this review we highlight the relevance of biodiversity that inhabit coastal lagoons,
emphasizing how species functions foster processes and services associated with this …

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

A framework to assess the impact of mobile fishing gear on the seabed and benthic
ecosystem is presented. The framework that can be used at regional and local scales …

Invasive ecosystem engineers (IEE) are potentially one of the most influential types of
biological invaders. They are expected to have extensive ecological impacts by altering the …

Microplastics are ubiquitous in the marine environment, however, the mechanisms
governing their uptake by, and burial within, seabed habitats are poorly understood. In this …

We analyzed the effects of sewage discharge on a subtropical estuary by comparing the
functional diversity of intertidal macroinvertebrate assemblages in contaminated with non …

The global trend in losing biodiversity is affecting ecosystems due to changes in their
functions and services. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning has become increasingly …

Biological traits analysis (BTA) provides insight into causes and consequences of
biodiversity change that cannot be achieved using traditional taxonomic approaches …

Coastal marine systems are currently subject to a variety of anthropogenic and climate-
change-induced pressures. An important challenge is to predict how marine sediment …