Cryptic diversity in mesopelagic fish is increasingly documented across the Indo-Pacific, but remains understudied in the Red Sea, a region known for its high endemism and unique ecological conditions. We investigated cryptic diversity in Benthosema spp. and population genetic structure in the two most abundant mesopelagic fishes in the eastern Red Sea, the Benthosema pterotum species complex and the endemic Vinciguerria mabah...

Earth's biodiversity is central to ecosystem health and resilience, providing essential functions and services. The Red Sea is a recognised marine biodiversity hotspot with high endemism and unique environmental conditions that support extensive but poorly resolved biodiversity. Here, we applied metagenomic analyses to sediment samples collected from coastal to deep‐sea environments during the Red Sea Decade Expedition 2022 to...

The Antarctic coastal environment, influenced by a dynamic glacial and oceanographic history, hosts diverse benthic invertebrate communities. However, how these communities evolve across ecologically heterogeneous coastal habitats remains poorly understood. Population genomic structure in this extreme region is particularly relevant because pelagic larval stages are not common among polar benthic invertebrates, raising questio...

Introduction Soft corals play key ecological roles in benthic communities by enhancing ecosystem health, providing structural complexity, cycling nutrients, and maintaining symbiotic relationships with diverse microbes. Although their microbiomes are highly structured and species-specific, little is known about their responses to extreme thermal anomalies such as marine heat waves. Methods We analyzed the microbiomes of three...

Myrciaria dubia (camu-camu) is a shrubby fruit tree native to the continental Amazon whose fruits have been intensively harvested from wild stands, potentially reducing effective population sizes. We quantified genetic diversity and population structure across seven wild Peruvian Amazon populations and delineated river-basin genetic units to guide provenance-aware germplasm conservation and breeding. We genotyped 254 individua...

Aim Microbiome rewilding seeks to harness plant‐microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture, assuming that ancestral microbial partners have been lost during domestication and geographical spread. Designing microbiome rewilding strategies requires a quantitative and predictive understanding of the fundamental ecological processes—selection, dispersal, and drift—driving microbial assembly and persistence in the rhizosphere...

Antarctic marine invertebrates are sensitive to temperature fluctuations, and therefore vulnerable to ongoing ocean warming. To investigate molecular responses to heat stress, the benthic isopod Spinoserolis beddardi and the asteroid Diplasterias sp., both adapted to ~0 °C conditions, were used. Organisms were exposed to short-term thermal increments of +3 °C and +7 °C in controlled aquarium experiments. After one week, transc...

Marine sediments host diverse benthic prokaryotic communities that are integral to global biogeochemical cycles. However, the spatial distribution and environmental drivers of these communities, particularly in unique environments like the Red Sea, remain largely underexplored. In this study, we examine benthic prokaryotic communities sampled during the Red Sea Decade Expedition (RSDE) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing across fiv...

Recent studies combining electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) have shown promising results linking neural and vascular responses. This study analyzes the topographical effect of auditory stimulus intensity on cortical activation and explores neurovascular coupling between fNIRS hemodynamic signals and auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs), extracted from EEG. Forty healthy volunteers (13 m...

Catalogues of past hazardous events are essential for understanding their magnitude, frequency, geographical distribution and underlying mechanisms. Such compilations provide critical data for identifying patterns, improving predictive models, and enhancing preparedness, thereby contributing to the mitigation of future risks and facilitating effective adaptation to climate‐related hazards. In this article, we present the first...

This paper focuses on analysing, from an entropy-based approach, the implications on structural complexity associated with the third dimension (depth), considering along with latitude and longitude as part of the spatial distribution of earthquakes recorded in the Los Santos seismic nest within the Bucaramanga geologic complex, Santander, Colombia, during the period from January 2018 to December 2021. Highlighting entropy as a...

Pelagic particle‐associated bacterioplankton play crucial roles in marine ecosystems, influencing biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem functioning. However, their diversity, composition, and dynamics remain poorly understood, particularly in unique environments such as the Red Sea. In this study, we employed eDNA metabarcoding to comprehensively characterise bacterioplankton communities associated with pelagic particles in a t...