Big Data in Ecology

Guy Woodward is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London and Series Editor for Advances in Ecological Research. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including recent papers in Nature, Science and Nature Climate Change, with a strong emphasis on understanding and predicting how aquatic ecosystems and food webs respond to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stressors, including climate change, chemical pollution, habitat degradation and invasive species. Much of this work covers multiple scales in space and time and also a range of organisational levels - from genes to ecosystems. His research group and ongoing collaborations span the natural and social sciences, reflecting the need for multidisciplinary approaches for addressing the environmental challenges of the 21st Century. Dr Alex Dumbrell works at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, UK.

• Faster, Higher and Stronger? The Pros and Cons of Molecular Faunal Data for Assessing Ecosystem ConditionKatherine Ann Dafforn, Donald J. Baird, Anthony A. Chariton, Melanie Y. Sun, Mark Brown, Stuart L. Simpson, Brendan P. Kelaher and Emma L. JohnstonBig Data and Ecosystem Research ProgrammesDavid Raffaelli, James M. Bullock, Steve Cinderby, Isabelle Durance, Bridget Emmett, Jim Harris, Kevin Hicks, Tom H. Oliver, Dave Paterson and Piran C. L. WhiteDNA Metabarcoding Meets Experimental Ecotoxicology: Advancing Knowledge on the Ecological Effects of Copper in Freshwater EcosystemsStephanie Gardham, Grant C. Hose, Sarah Stephenson and Anthony A. Chariton