Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling
Ecosystems worldwide are subject to an unprecedented loss of biodiversity, largely resulting from a range of human impacts such as over-exploitation, habitat loss and climate change. To understand the consequences of this biodiversity crisis on both land and oceans, scientists tried quantifying the...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/5323dca3-fcd7-4e69-ab42-e1c4885d1530 2023-05-15T17:36:06+02:00 Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling Maureaud, Aurore Amandine 2020 application/pdf https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/5323dca3-fcd7-4e69-ab42-e1c4885d1530 https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/219720757/PhDthesisAuroreMaureaud.pdf eng eng DTU Aqua info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Maureaud , A A 2020 , Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling . DTU Aqua . /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water SDG 14 - Life Below Water /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land SDG 15 - Life on Land book 2020 ftdtupubl 2022-08-14T08:38:34Z Ecosystems worldwide are subject to an unprecedented loss of biodiversity, largely resulting from a range of human impacts such as over-exploitation, habitat loss and climate change. To understand the consequences of this biodiversity crisis on both land and oceans, scientists tried quantifying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (ability of an ecosystem to perform and maintain a suite of key properties such as biomass and flux of energy), ultimately trying to answer: what is the importance of biodiversity for ecosystems? A positive influence of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning has been shown in many experimental studies, demonstrating enhanced biomass production under higher number of species. However, the extent to which such findings hold in natural systems is unknown, especially in large and complex marine ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, we use high-resolution monitoring data on fish community composition and abundance in continental shelf seas across the North Atlantic and statistical modeling to test the existence of links between biodiversity and ecosystem functions at both regional and continental scales. This empirical approach is complemented with a mathematical food web model to establish theoretical hypotheses about the contribution of biodiversity and food web structure on several ecosystem functions. We demonstrate that while a positive relationship between the number of species and several ecosystem functions is expected in theory, that link is not necessarily emergent from observations of real fish communities. We highlight that the metric of biodiversity and ecosystem function evaluated matters to determine the overall ecosystem performance. This thesis is an attempt to understand the role of fish biodiversity for marine ecosystem functioning across several ecosystems and to develop hypotheses on the role of biodiversity in complex food webs. Quantifying the importance of biodiversity for ecosystem functioning is necessary for our understanding of ... Book North Atlantic Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit |
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Ecosystems worldwide are subject to an unprecedented loss of biodiversity, largely resulting from a range of human impacts such as over-exploitation, habitat loss and climate change. To understand the consequences of this biodiversity crisis on both land and oceans, scientists tried quantifying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (ability of an ecosystem to perform and maintain a suite of key properties such as biomass and flux of energy), ultimately trying to answer: what is the importance of biodiversity for ecosystems? A positive influence of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning has been shown in many experimental studies, demonstrating enhanced biomass production under higher number of species. However, the extent to which such findings hold in natural systems is unknown, especially in large and complex marine ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, we use high-resolution monitoring data on fish community composition and abundance in continental shelf seas across the North Atlantic and statistical modeling to test the existence of links between biodiversity and ecosystem functions at both regional and continental scales. This empirical approach is complemented with a mathematical food web model to establish theoretical hypotheses about the contribution of biodiversity and food web structure on several ecosystem functions. We demonstrate that while a positive relationship between the number of species and several ecosystem functions is expected in theory, that link is not necessarily emergent from observations of real fish communities. We highlight that the metric of biodiversity and ecosystem function evaluated matters to determine the overall ecosystem performance. This thesis is an attempt to understand the role of fish biodiversity for marine ecosystem functioning across several ecosystems and to develop hypotheses on the role of biodiversity in complex food webs. Quantifying the importance of biodiversity for ecosystem functioning is necessary for our understanding of ... |
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Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling |
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Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling |
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Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling |
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Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling |
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Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: Evidence from large-scale observations and modeling |
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biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in marine communities: evidence from large-scale observations and modeling |
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DTU Aqua |
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