Anthropogenic impacts on community structure and function within intertidal ecosystems

生态系统功能与群落结构的关系是复杂的、动态的。理解这种复杂的相互作用背后的机制，以及这种关系如何随着我们改变环境而变化，是一个具有挑战性的问题。由于气候变化和污染等人为活动正在迅速改变水生和陆地群落，从而改变营养物质和元素如何在这些系统中循环，因此这一挑战现在尤为重要。维持生态系统是必要的，因为作为一个社会，我们依赖这些系统来获得健康的土壤、清洁的空气和水。

The relationship between ecosystem function and community structure is complex and dynamic. Understanding the mechanisms underlying this complex interplay and how this relationship changes as we modify our environment is a challenging problem. This challenge is especially relevant now as anthropogenic activities such as climate change and pollution are rapidly altering aquatic and terrestrial communities and hence how nutrients and elements cycle through these systems. The maintenance of ecosystems is a requirement because as a society we are dependent on these systems for healthy soils, clean air and water.