The use of multiple biological traits in marine community ecology and its potential in ecological indicator development

O Beauchard, H Veríssimo, AM Queirós… - Ecological indicators, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Biological traits offer valuable approaches to understand species distributions and
underlying mechanisms. Their use has received a growing interest in marine community …

Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?

SJ Brandl, JS Lefcheck, AE Bates… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
All animals on Earth compete for free energy, which is acquired, assimilated, and ultimately
allocated to growth and reproduction. Competition is strongest within communities of …

Functional diversity of macrobenthic assemblages decreases in response to sewage discharges

JB Gusmao, KM Brauko, BK Eriksson, PC Lana - Ecological Indicators, 2016‏ - Elsevier
We analyzed the effects of sewage discharge on a subtropical estuary by comparing the
functional diversity of intertidal macroinvertebrate assemblages in contaminated with non …

Species composition and functional traits of macrofauna in different mangrove habitats in the Persian Gulf

P Hajializadeh, M Safaie, R Naderloo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Macrofauna play a key role in the functioning of mangrove ecosystems. Nevertheless, our
understanding of the diversity and functional structure of macrofaunal communities across …

Diversity and functional patterns of benthic amphipods in the coralline intertidal zones of a marine national park, India

T Srinivas, S Sukumaran, S Neetu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Coralline intertidal habitats of marine protected areas (MPAs) are important model systems
to investigate species diversity and ecological functioning of benthic communities. Spatial …

Sensitivity of macrobenthic secondary production to trawling in the English sector of the Greater North Sea: A biological trait approach

SG Bolam, RC Coggan, J Eggleton, M Diesing… - Journal of Sea …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Demersal trawling constitutes the most significant human impact on both the structure and
functioning of coastal seabed fauna. While a number of studies have assessed the impacts …

Evaluation of functional trait diversity for marine zooplankton communities in the Northeast subarctic Pacific Ocean

C Pomerleau, AR Sastri… - Journal of Plankton …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Functional trait diversity relates variation in the structure of biological communities to
function and ecosystem processes. Zooplankton occupy a central position in marine food …

Biological traits of marine benthic invertebrates in Northwest Europe

DS Clare, SG Bolam, PSO McIlwaine, C Garcia… - Scientific Data, 2022‏ - nature.com
Biological traits analysis (BTA) provides insight into causes and consequences of
biodiversity change that cannot be achieved using traditional taxonomic approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Functional trait composition and diversity patterns of marine macrobenthos across the Arctic Bering Sea

K Liu, H Lin, X He, Y Huang, Z Li, J Lin, J Mou… - Ecological …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The use of functional trait analysis has been advocated to uncover the global mechanisms
behind biodiversity responses to environmental variation, but the application of this …

Multiple stressor effects on marine infauna: responses of estuarine taxa and functional traits to sedimentation, nutrient and metal loading

JI Ellis, D Clark, J Atalah, W Jiang, C Taiapa… - Scientific Reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Sedimentation, nutrients and metal loading to coastal environments are increasing,
associated with urbanization and global warming, hence there is a growing need to predict …