The Ecology of Coralline Algal Crusts: Convergent Patterns and Adaptative Strategies Page 1
Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1986. 17:273-303 Copyright ? 1986 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights …

Amidst the growing volume of published research on artificial reefs, one of the key questions
concerns their potential for enhancing production over and above merely serving to attract …

Recent instances of bioinvasion, such as the emergence of the zebra mussel in the
American Great Lakes, generated a demand among marine biologists and ecologists for …

General Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The
main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms' make a living'in …

The 1996 Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act mandates that
regional fishery management councils must designate essential fish habitat (EFH) for each …

Clonal animals, that is those that are genetically identical, are of great importance in biology.
The supposed evolutionary advantages of sexual versus asexual reproduction are one of …

Competition for substratum by encrusting marine organisms usually occurs by direct
overgrowth at zones of contact. The documented mechanisms of competitive displacement …

Benthic and pelagic marine habitats, like terrestrial landscapes, can be viewed as mosaics
of environmental quality produced by spatial and temporal variation in the physical and …

The effects of two sources of biological disturbance–predation and sea urchin grazing–on
the structure of benthic communities inside and outside beds of the horse mussel, Modiolus …

At exposed sites in the Gulf of Maine, USA, subtidal mussels (Modiolus modiolus) dominated
space on upper rock surfaces at intermediate depths (11—18 m), but not at shallow depths …