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Glacial meltwater is the primary source of subsurface freshening off the Western Antarctic PeninsulaOA Marine
The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is one of the fastest warming regions on Earth, with increasing freshwater input from melting glaciers and ice shelves. Although surface-layer freshening is well documented, the extent to which glacial meltwater influences subsurface waters remains poorly constrained. Here, we investigated the vertical distribution and origin of freshwater anomalies using hydrographic, isotopic (δ ¹⁸ O, δ...
Integrated Reanalysis of Global Riverine Fish eDNA Datasets Shows Robustness and Congruence of Biodiversity ConclusionsNARA Subscribed
The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized biodiversity assessments in aquatic ecosystems, enabling non‐invasive monitoring of fish communities across diverse regions. However, the global comparability of these eDNA datasets remains ambiguous due to heterogeneous sampling protocols and bioinformatic workflows across studies, making it difficult to assess how robust and comparable the biodiversity patterns infe...
Local and Landscape‐Level Environmental Conditions Drive Habitat Selection Across Terrestrial Mammal SpeciesNARA Subscribed
Aim Animal movements are a fundamental process affecting communities and ecosystems. Quantifying habitat selection across species and habitats is key for understanding how animals respond to environmental change. Currently, we lack comparative studies that examine how habitat selection varies across species traits and landscapes. We aim to quantify global patterns of habitat selection to help understand the fundamental drivers...
Biomechanical analyses of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) are limited. We hypothesize that influence of ligament pre-tension on strain and relative joint movement is morphologically sex-specific and more pronounced than effects of body weight. Finite element models were developed from CTs of a larger cohort ( N = 818) for typical male (TMJ) and typical female joint (TFJ) geometries. For different loading scenarios, stresses were hi...
Motivation Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R packag...
Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking DataNARA Subscribed
Aim To identify the broad‐scale oceanic migration routes (‘marine flyways’) used by multiple pelagic, long‐distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. Location Global. Time Period 1989–2023. Major Taxa Studied Seabirds (Families: Phaethontidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Laridae and Stercorariidae). Methods We collated a comprehensive global tracking dataset that included the mig...
Centenarians—the way to healthy vascular ageing and longevity: a review from VascAgeNetNARA Subscribed
The prevalence of centenarians, people who lived 100 years and longer, is steadily growing in the last decades. This exceptional longevity is based on multifaceted processes influenced by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors such as sex, (epi-)genetic factors, gut microbiota, cellular metabolism, exposure to oxidative stress, immune status, cardiovascular risk factors, environmental factors, and lifestyle behavior....
Controls on mesophotic carbonate facies and sediment distribution across the Maltese shelf, central Mediterranean SeaNARA Subscribed
Although ~ 20% of global carbonate production occurs on extra-tropical carbonate depositional systems, our understanding of these environments still lags behind that of tropical ones. The Maltese shelf in the central Mediterranean offers an opportunity to study in situ facies distribution and the factors controlling it in a light-dominated setting. The investigated region of the Maltese shelf visually exhibits three main depos...
Sediment fluxes to the seafloor govern the fate of elements and compounds in the ocean and serve as a prerequisite for research on elemental cycling, benthic processes and sediment management strategies. To quantify these fluxes over seafloor areas, it is necessary to scale up sediment mass accumulation rates (MAR) obtained from multiple sample stations. Conventional methods for spatial upscaling involve averaging of data or s...
Both the ecological and social dimensions of fisheries are being affected by climate change. As a result, policymakers, managers, scientists and fishing communities are seeking guidance on how to holistically build resilience to climate change. Numerous studies have highlighted key attributes of resilience in fisheries, yet concrete examples that explicitly link these attributes to social‐ecological outcomes are lacking. To be...