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The Mediterranean Sea, a global hotspot for environmental change, is experiencing rising temperatures and acidification that threaten marine biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Sessile and low-motility invertebrates, such as sponges and gastropods, are especially vulnerable to these stressors but also provide valuable models for studying adaptive responses. The MACCIMO project investigates climate-related stress to key Mediterranean taxa under controlled laboratory conditions simulating IPCC-projected temperature and pH shifts. A comprehensive, multidimensional approach combines morphological, physiological, molecular, and microbial community data to capture responses across multiple biological levels. By integrating imaging, omics, and ecological metadata, the project generates a holistic view of organismal resilience and the interplay between host and symbiont responses under environmental stress. These insights are expected to elucidate mechanisms of acclimation and adaptation in benthic invertebrates, contributing to the development of predictive models that forecast species performance under future ocean conditions.

The Mediterranean Sea, a global hotspot for environmental change, is experiencing rising temperatures and acidification that threaten marine biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Sessile and low-motility invertebrates, such as sponges and gastropods, are especially vulnerable to these stressors but  ...

The Special issue “Antarctic and Southern Ocean biodiversity” aims to celebrate the wide biodiversity of the Antarctic and Sub Antarctic region in the terrestrial and marine realms.

The (sub)Antarctic and Southern Ocean are host to a unique biodiversity. Due to the remoteness and harsh environment this biodiversity often remains poorly described despite similar treats as the rest of the globe.

The SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal is a community effort that supports the publication of Biodiversity data in accordance with the FAIR Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and the provisions of the Antarctic treaty System (scientific observations and results from Antarctica shall be exchanged and made freely available).

The Special issue “Antarctic and Southern Ocean biodiversity” aims to celebrate the wide biodiversity of the Antarctic and Sub Antarctic region in the terrestrial and marine realms.

The (sub)Antarctic and Southern Ocean are host to a unique biodiversity. Due to the remoteness and harsh environmen ...

Omics experiments are generating large quantities of data at an ever-increasing rate due to the constantly evolving technologies in the field of biology and environmental sciences. Commonly, omics datasets are deposited into public thematic repositories, such as the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) databases European Nucleotide Archive (ENA), GenBank and the DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ), from where they are openly accessible. Datasets can also be described and published as data papers to receive additional visibility and citation credit as any other journal article. 

To facilitate and incentivise extended high quality metadata descriptions and scholarly publication of omics data, Pensoft has launched a new type of publication - OMICS Data Paper - in the Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ). Authors are invited to describe their omic datasets by using the novel streamlined workflow for creating a manuscript at a click of a button from metadata deposited in ENA. Imported metadata will be automatically converted into a manuscript draft in the Arpha Writing Tool (AWT), where authors can edit and amend it with additional information and submit it for peer review and publication in BDJ. 

Alternatively, an omics data paper manuscript can be created directly in the AWT from where the data paper can be linked to any omics dataset, deposited in repositories other than ENA.

Omics experiments are generating large quantities of data at an ever-increasing rate due to the constantly evolving technologies in the field of biology and environmental sciences. Commonly, omics datasets are deposited into public thematic repositories, such as the International Nucleotide Sequence ...