To design robust protected area networks, accurately measure species losses, or
understand the processes that maintain species diversity, conservation science must …

Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

The present two‐part review aims to put the different phenomena that have been called
“beta diversity” over the years into a common conceptual framework and to explain what …

Habitat degradation leads to biodiversity loss and concomitant changes in ecosystem
processes. Tropical river floodplains are highly threatened by land cover changes and …

The expectation that long-term, broad-scale changes in the relative abundance of species,
homogenisation of habitats and decreases in diversity will affect ecosystem function has led …

Seafloor habitats throughout the world's oceans are being homogenized by physical
disturbance. Even though seafloor sediments are commonly considered to be simple and …

Marine ecosystems are prone to tip** points, particularly in coastal zones where dramatic
changes are associated with interactions between cumulative stressors (eg, shellfish …

Theoretical ecology predicts that heterogeneous habitats allow more species to co-exist in a
given area. In the deep sea, biodiversity is positively linked with ecosystem functioning …

Similar to other coastal biogenic habitats (eg tidal marshes, kelp forests, mangroves and
coral reefs), a key function of seagrass meadows is the enhancement of biodiversity …