Reasons to be skeptical about sentience and pain in fishes and aquatic invertebrates

BK Diggles, R Arlinghaus, HI Browman… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The welfare of fishes and aquatic invertebrates is important, and several jurisdictions have
included these taxa under welfare regulation in recent years. Regulation of welfare requires …

A framework for untangling the consequences of artificial light at night on species interactions

B Seymoure, A Dell, F Hölker… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although much evidence exists showing organismal consequences from artificial light at
night (ALAN), large knowledge gaps remain regarding ALAN affecting species interactions …

Hidden impacts of ocean warming and acidification on biological responses of marine animals revealed through meta-analysis

K Alter, J Jacquemont, J Claudet, ME Lattuca… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Conflicting results remain on the impacts of climate change on marine organisms, hindering
our capacity to predict the future state of marine ecosystems. To account for species-specific …

Publication bias impacts on effect size, statistical power, and magnitude (Type M) and sign (Type S) errors in ecology and evolutionary biology

Y Yang, A Sánchez-Tójar, RE O'Dea, DWA Noble… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Collaborative efforts to directly replicate empirical studies in the medical and social sciences
have revealed alarmingly low rates of replicability, a phenomenon dubbed the 'replication …

Plant neighbourhood diversity effects on leaf traits: A meta‐analysis

JA Felix, PC Stevenson, J Koricheva - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf traits often vary with plant neighbourhood composition, which in turn may mediate plant
susceptibility to herbivory. However, it is unknown whether there are any common patterns …

Reproducibility crisis and gravitation towards a consensus in ocean acidification research

SD Connell, JYS Leung - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Reproducibility is a persistent concern in science and recently attracts considerable
attention in assessing biological responses to ocean acidification. Here we track the …

Becoming nose‐blind—Climate change impacts on chemical communication

CC Roggatz, M Saha, S Blanchard… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical communication via infochemicals plays a pivotal role in ecological interactions,
allowing organisms to sense their environment, locate predators, food, habitats, or mates. A …

Behavioural responses of fishes to anthropogenic disturbances: Adaptive value and ecological consequences

U Candolin, T Rahman - Journal of Fish Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are changing at an accelerating rate because of human activities. The
changes alter the abundance and distribution of fishes, with potential consequences for …

Environmental behavior and toxic effects of micro (nano) plastics and engineered nanoparticles on marine organisms under ocean acidification: a review

L Liu, H Yin, Y Xu, B Liu, Y Ma, J Feng, Z Cao… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification (OA) driven by human activities and climate change presents new
challenges to marine ecosystems. At the same time, the risks posed by micro (nano) plastics …

Paths towards greater consensus building in experimental biology

DG Roche, GD Raby, T Norin, R Ern… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
In a recent editorial, the Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Experimental Biology argued that
consensus building, data sharing, and better integration across disciplines are needed to …