Marine Species Traits

Biological information on functional and structural species traits such as feeding ecology, body size, reproduction, life history, etc.

Marine Species Traits - WoRMS

All species trait and attribute information is stored in the Aphia database, the database behind the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Biological and ecological traits of marine species - PMC

The traits of most marine species vary significantly between life stages. Most fish, crustaceans and molluscs have planktonic larvae but some ...

Worms Marine Species Traits

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on ...

Species' traits and ecological functioning in marine conservation ...

The purpose of this paper is to present traits analysis as a means for investigating functioning in marine ecosystems and discuss how it can be used in ...

Documenting Marine Species Traits in the World Register of Marine ...

The importance of describing species patterns and the underlying processes explaining these patterns is essential to assess the status and ...

The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource ... - Nature

For each species we collected information on four trait categories: (1) habitat/behavior, (2) morphology (including morphometric ratios), (3) ...

Traits:Marine species traits - Coastal Wiki

This wiki hosts the Marine Species Traits Vocabulary. All terms and their definitions have yet to be stabilized, and so should be considered 'under development ...

Database on ocean species traits supports climate-ready fisheries

A new database catalogs traits of ocean species to better understand the impacts of these changes on fished species through the lens of their predator-prey ...

BIOTIC - The Marine Life Information Network

The Biological Traits Information Catalogue (BIOTIC) aims to provide scientists working within the field of benthic community ecology with an additional ...

A trait‐based framework for assessing the vulnerability of marine ...

Marine species and ecosystems are widely affected by anthropogenic stressors, ranging from pollution and fishing to climate change.

Marine Species Traits in the LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone

Describing species patterns and their underlying processes are essential to assessing the status and future evolution of marine ecosystems.

Climate, currents and species traits contribute to early stages of ...

Species redistributions towards higher latitudes are particularly evident in the ocean where species more completely occupy their latitudinal ...

(PDF) Biological and ecological traits of marine species

Describing species patterns and their underlying processes are essential to assessing the status and future evolution of marine ecosystems. This effort requires ...

Traits Shared by Marine Megafauna and Their Relationships With ...

Here we review 33 traits that are measurable and comparable among marine megafauna. The variability of these traits within the organisms considered controls ...

Biological and ecological traits of marine species - PubMed

... species so as to prioritise the development of a world database on marine species traits. In addition, the 'status' of species for ...

Category:Marine species traits - Coastal Wiki

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Biological and ecological traits of marine species - Semantic Scholar

The utility and availability of biological and ecological traits for marine species so as to prioritise the development of a world database on marine ...

(PDF) Documenting Marine Species Traits in the World Register of ...

Ten traits were prioritized for inclusion in the most comprehensive open access database on marine species (World Register of Marine Species), ...

Mapping marine benthic biological traits to facilitate future ...

Furthermore, a principle that is well routed in ecological theory (Statzner et al., 2001), BTA centered on a series of life history, ...