Marine foundation species are the biotic basis for many of the world's coastal ecosystems,
providing structural habitat, food, and protection for myriad plants and animals as well as …

The globally widespread adoption of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) began in the mid‐20th
century. Yet, it is only in the last decade that a renewed research focus has emerged into its …

Kelps are ecologically important primary producers and ecosystem engineers, and play a
central role in structuring nearshore temperate habitats. They play an important role in …

The brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are a group of multicellular heterokonts that are
ubiquitous in today's oceans. Large brown algae from multiple orders are the foundation to …

The importance of structural complexity in coral reefs has come to the fore with the global
degradation of reef condition; however, the limited scale and replication of many studies …

Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create
more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist and recover following …

Investigations of the role of competition, predation and abiotic stress in sha** natural
communities were a staple for previous generations of ecologists and are still popular …

Salt marsh ecosystems are maintained by the dominant macrophytes that regulate the
elevation of their habitat within a narrow portion of the intertidal zone by accumulating …

Coral reefs are rich in biodiversity, in large part because their highly complex architecture
provides shelter and resources for a wide range of organisms. Recent rapid declines in hard …

Background A number of factors have recently caused mass coral mortality events in all of
the world's tropical oceans. However, little is known about the timing, rate or spatial …