Functional Diversity of Soft-Bottom Benthic Communities in the Anthropocene
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2024 | Viewed by 261
Special Issue Editor
Interests: benthos; polychaeta taxonomy and marine biogeography; research on marine proglacial areas and ecological restoration; marine ecology; biodiversity; conservation biology; species diversity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
On the one hand, the Anthropocene is the new geological epoch, which is characterized by the rapid accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the irreversible damage caused by human overconsumption of natural resources, and its concomitant impacts on both the climate and ecosystems. On the other hand, behind the oceans, marine soft sediment is the second largest habitat on the planet. Therefore, the communities’ changes occurring in the new Anthropocene epoch are undoubtedly under intense scientific debate. However, functional ecology is one of the most underexplored aspects of this debate and how these roles are affected by the environmental drivers of the new geological epoch. Indeed, how ecological functions change with the loss of polar or sub-polar ice masses, and how biodiversity is affected by high rates of pollution or by the changes brought about by marine acidification or the carbon sink fate. These are just some of the open questions that this Special Issue aims to summarize.
In this Special Issue dedicated to “Functional diversity of soft-bottom benthic communities in the Anthropocene”, we are calling for papers with innovative insights, including research papers on different aspects of functional ecology and functional biodiversity from deep sea to the intertidal soft bottom benthic communities.
Dr. Américo Montiel
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- infauna
- deposit-feeders
- filter-feeders
- trophic guild
- trophic source
- carbon sinks
- macrofauna
- meiofauna
- global change
- deep-sea
- intertidal
- acidification
