FUN Azores: a FUNctional Trait Database for the Meio-, Macro-, and Megafauna From the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Campanyà-Llovet, Neus, Bates, Amanda E., Cuvelier, Daphne, Giacomello, Eva, Catarino, Diana, Gooday, Andrew J., Berning, Björn, Figuerola, Blanca, Malaquias, Manuel A. E., Moura, Carlos J., Xavier, Joana R., Sutton, Tracey, Fauconnet, Laurence, Ramalho, Sofia P., de Moura Neves, Bárbara, Machado, Gui M., Horton, Tammy, Gebruk, Andrey V., Minin, Kirill, Bried, Joël, Molodtsova, Tina, Silva, Mónica A., Dilman, Anna, Kremenetskaia, Antonina, Costa, Eudriano F. S., Clarke, Jameson, Martins, Helen R., Pham, Christopher K., Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Colaço, Ana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NSUWorks 2023
• Subjects: behavior; life history; seamounts and ridges; hydrothermal vents; collaborative effort; trait-based approaches; animal morphology; Marine Protected Areas; Marine Biology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Antarctic; Bates; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Moura; Neves; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/1341; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1050268; https://nsuworks.nova.edu/context/occ_facarticles/article/2346/viewcontent/fevo_11_1050268.pdf

Trait-based approaches that complement taxonomy-based studies have increased in popularity among the scientific community over the last decades. The collection of biological and ecological characteristics of species (i.e., traits) provides insight into species and ecosystem vulnerability to environm...