Environmental drivers and vulnerability of reef fishes highlight the need for multi-habitat conservation in remote insular ecosystems.

Warming-driven biotic differentiation of demersal fish across depths in the central mediterranean sea.

Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals a decline of fish diversity from 2019 to 2023 in Dongshan Bay, China.

Are perspex panels suitable surrogates for natural hard substrates in coastal ecological studies? An example from the low-diversity Baltic Sea.

Effectiveness of a deep water fully protected marine reserve five years after establishment.

Environmental DNA metabarcoding offers a unique perspective on circum-Antarctic fish community dynamics.

Diversity and spatial distribution patterns of shallow benthic assemblages in Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands.

A train of marine heat waves affected benthic local beta but not alpha diversity.

Changes in ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblages along an industrial pollution gradient in the Southern Urals.

Response of macrobenthic diversity and functional traits to eutrophication pressures: Insights from three subtropical estuaries.

Impact of different drying methods on fatty acids, nutritional quality index, vitamin A and elemental composition of small fish species, Amblypharyngodon mola

Environmental drivers and ecological responses of seaweed litter production and decomposition: A comprehensive review.

Global insights into extracellular polymeric substances from activated sludge: Yield, composition, and microbial communities.

<p>The establishment of protected areas remains a cornerstone strategy for conserving wetland ecosystems. However, many SIWs in China remain excluded from national conservation frameworks, despite their ecological importance. To address this gap, we developed a rapid assessment model integrating four key indicators — wetland area, waterfowl species richness, waterfowl abundance, and dominant wetland plant richness—to identify and evaluate unprotected SIWs at a national scale. The assessment was supplemented by expert-sourced online questionnaires to enhance data coverage, particularly for regions lacking systematic monitoring. A total of 1,473 unprotected SIWs were identified, encompassing approximately 3.39 million hectares. These wetlands represent critical conservation gaps in the current protected area network. Incorporating them into the national wetland protection system would raise China’s protection level from 50.22% to 58.01%, surpassing the governmental target of 55% by 2035. Many of these SIWs are located along major migratory bird routes and in biodiversity-rich zones, underscoring their strategic ecological value. This study provides the first systematic evaluation of SIWs at the national level in China and proposes a scalable, data-driven framework for prioritizing wetland protection. The results offer actionable guidance for enhancing wetland conservation and contribute to the broader goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Ramsar Convention.</p>

Interactions of multiple abiotic stresses exacerbate mollusk diversity loss in a high-discharge coastal mangrove wetland.

In the face of decline: The dominant role of sediment composition over hypersalinity and hypoxia in shaping Caspian Sea nematode assemblages.

Foliar nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations are of critical importance to plant productivity. Despite global declines in plant diversity, their effects on tree foliar N and P dynamics remain uncertain, especially under different mycorrhizal types and soil nutrient conditions. Based on a large biodiversity experiment in subtropical China, we assessed how neighborhood species richness and functional dissimilarity influence foliar N and P concentrations across 794 tree individuals, comprising three arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and five ectomycorrhizal (EcM) tree species, along natural soil total N gradients. At the neighborhood scale, foliar nutrients were jointly influenced by functional dissimilarity, mycorrhizal type, and soil N availability. Among dissimilarity metrics, wood density (WD) dissimilarity was the strongest predictor. Specifically, functional dissimilarity consistently increased foliar N and P concentrations in AM trees across the soil total N level, whereas its effects on EcM trees shifted from positive to negative with increasing soil total N content. These diversity-driven increases in foliar P concentration were further associated with enhanced tree growth. Our findings demonstrate that mycorrhizal type and soil N availability jointly mediate effects of neighborhood diversity on tree foliar nutrient status, with foliar P concentration playing a pivotal role in driving productivity responses to biodiversity in subtropical forests.

Gut microbiota dysbiosis exacerbates post-stroke depression via microglial NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

The response of diatoms in sediment cores to environmental changes in the Changjiang River estuary over the past century.

Artificial light at night shapes marine early hard-bottom communities in Madeira Island, NE Atlantic.