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This collection is dedicated to assembling significant research outputs that map out the relationships between biodiversity and ecological structure, and their impact on the functioning of coastal and marine ecosystems. It highlights the resultant ecosystem services and societal benefits.

The European Union and its Member States are intensely committed to understanding how the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functions can sustain the provision of ecosystem services, goods, and societal benefits. This comprehension is vital for the sustainable use of these resources and for appreciating the natural and social capital aspects of ecosystems, where stakeholder co-creation plays a crucial role.

Open for submissions from the MARBEFES Project consortium (MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services), this initiative calls for contributions that address significant issues associated with the conceptualization of changes in biodiversity across 12 Broad Belt Transect (BBT) case studies from various regional seas, including the Arctic, Baltic, Northeast Atlantic, and Mediterranean.

These contributions should explore the implications of biodiversity changes for the management and governance of European seas. The BBTs span the entire range of European marine biodiversity, from the frigid Arctic to semi-tropical zones, encompassing dominant habitats and iconic species, and extending from shallow waters to deep-sea environments across diverse socio-economic contexts.

This collection is dedicated to assembling significant research outputs that map out the relationships between biodiversity and ecological structure, and their impact on the functioning of coastal and marine ecosystems. It highlights the resultant ecosystem services and societal benefits.

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This collection hosts outputs from the FP7-funded EU project Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON). The project proposes an innovative approach in terms of integration of biodiversity information systems from on-ground to remote sensing data, for addressing policy and information needs in a timely and customized way.

This collection hosts outputs from the FP7-funded EU project Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON). The project proposes an innovative approach in terms of integration of biodiversity information systems from on-ground to remote sensing data, for addressing policy and infor ...

European natural history collections play a critical role in mapping a sustainable future for ourselves and the natural systems on which we depend. Since 2004 the EC funded SYNTHESYS programme has been supporting this community, underpinning new ways to access and exploit natural science collections, harmonising collections policy and funding collections-based research for more than 4000 scientists.

SYNTHESYS+ is the fourth iteration of this programme, running from February 2019 to January 2023.  This growing collection of articles highlights major outputs from SYNTHESYS+ over the four year of activity, covering topics such as our new digitisation on-demand service, the construction of a European Loans and Visits System (ELViS) and a new data processing platform (the Specimen Data Refinery), applying artificial intelligence to speed up the digital mobilisation of natural history collections.

European natural history collections play a critical role in mapping a sustainable future for ourselves and the natural systems on which we depend. Since 2004 the EC funded SYNTHESYS programme has been supporting this community, underpinning new ways to access and exploit natural science collections ...