Aquatic biodiversity enhances multiple nutritional benefits to humans.

ABSTRACT: Humanity depends on biodiversity for health, well-being, and a stable environment. As biodiversity change accelerates, we are still discovering the full range of consequences for human health and well-being. Here, we test the hypothesis-derived from biodiversity-ecosystem functioning theory-that species richness and ecological functional diversity allow seafood diets to fulfill multiple nutritional requirements, a condition necessary for human health. We analyzed a newly synthesized dataset of 7,245 observations of nutrient and contaminant concentrations in 801 aquatic animal taxa and found that species with different ecological traits have distinct and complementary micronutrient profiles but little difference in protein content. The same complementarity mechanisms that generate positive

SUBMITTER: Bernhardt JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8053940 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature