100 years of anthropogenic impact causes changes in freshwater functional biodiversity.

ABSTRACT: Despite efforts from scientists and regulators, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate. Unless we find transformative solutions to preserve biodiversity, future generations may not be able to enjoy nature's services. We have developed a conceptual framework that establishes the links between biodiversity dynamics and abiotic change through time and space using artificial intelligence. Here, we apply this framework to a freshwater ecosystem with a known history of human impact and study 100 years of community-level biodiversity, climate change and chemical pollution trends. We apply explainable network models with multimodal learning to community-level functional biodiversity measured with multilocus metabarcoding, to establish correlations with biocides and climate change records. W

SUBMITTER: Eastwood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10629823 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature