Shifts in trait-based and taxonomic macrofauna community structure along a 27-year time-series in the south-eastern North Sea

• Main Authors: Julia Meyer, Ingrid Kröncke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Dogger Bank; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226410; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226410&type=printable

Current research revealed distinct changes in ecosystem functions, and thus in ecosystem stability and resilience, caused by changes in community structure and diversity loss. Benthic species play an important role in benthic-pelagic coupling, such as through the remineralization of deposited organi...