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 …

Many countries now recognise the need for mitigation of climate change induced by human
activities and have incorporated renewable energy resources within their energy policy …

Oysters are ecosystem engineers that create biogenic reef habitat important to estuarine
biodiversity, benthic–pelagic coupling, and fishery production. Prevailing explanations for …

A large‐scale field experiment was conducted to test whether the physical structure of
biogenic reef habitat controls physical conditions (hydrodynamics and hydrographics) with …

Summary 1 Long‐lived species play a paramount role in the structure and functioning of
terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The dramatic increase of human‐induced disturbances …

Growth rates, condition indices and shell shapes of Mytilus galloprovincialis, an invasive
alien mussel that has colonised the west coast of South Africa, were measured at a series of …

Epibiotic assemblages growing subtidally on pier pilings and on vertical surfaces of adjacent
rocky reefs were sampled twice at a number of marinas around Sydney, Australia. As …

Marine sponges have a long history of farming, starting with bath sponges over 5000 years
ago in the Mediterranean. Many species have since been found appropriate for distinct …

The Point Conception, California, USA region (hereafter PC) is one of the most important
biogeographic and oceanographic discontinuities on the US west coast. Here we address …

Dramatic shifts in community composition occur between vertical and horizontal rocky
surfaces in subtidal environments worldwide, yet the forces mediating this transition are …