Oysters are bivalves, which means they have hard external shells that are hinged on one side and are able to open and close. Oysters live exclusively in marine or brackish environments and have shells that are
Ecosystem services are services provided by the ecosystems and contributing to human well-being. These services play a crucial role in signaling the reliance of societies with regards to ecological systems and functions, as well as biodiversity. Disservices stand for the opposite of ecosystem services...
In fact, the effects of microplastics in insects, the most abundant group of animals and major providers of key Ecosystem Services, are not well known despite the potential cascading negative effects on the ecosystems functioning in the habitats where they occur. In this paper, a revision on ...
Ecosystem services provided by dung beetles are an underappreciated component of terrestrial ecosystems. Here, the authors report a standardized distributed experiment which shows that dung removal rate, a key ecosystem process in pastures, is greater under high beetle functional diversity regardless of gr...
In fact, the effects of microplastics in insects, the most abundant group of animals and major providers of key Ecosystem Services, are not well known despite the potential cascading negative effects on the ecosystems functioning in the habitats where they occur.Oliveira, MiguelAmeixa, Olga M. C...
1), large parts of the forests are managed by individuals, households, and communities. In Dien Bien, 12 million USD of PFES revenues had been collected from buyers since 2011, of which 5 million USD had been distributed to villagers as providers of ecosystem services at the time of data ...
which is the basis of many ecosystem services. Small streams also support ecosystem services provided by larger streams and rivers due to longitudinal connectivity resulting in the downstream transference of energy, water, sediments, nutrients, organic matter and organisms. Small streams are, however, ...
Figure 1. Number of studies from the past four decades regarding ecosystem services provided by amphibians and reptiles in Neotropical ecosystems. Display full size Four services of indirect use and four services of direct use were identified (Figure 2). For most of the studies (61%), the ecos...
2. A General Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Seaweeds Ecosystem services are “the human gains obtained from ecosystems” according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). They are divided into four categories: supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural services [23,24]. Where...
Nature-related education and serious gaming to improve young citizens’ awareness about ecosystem services provided by urban trees Maria Elena Menconi, ... David Grohmann June 2025 View PDF Research articleOpen access Revealing driver-mediated indirect interactions between ecosystem services using Bayesian ...