This article reviews a suite of studies conducted in a network of coastal Marine Protected
Areas (MPAs) in Skagerrak, Southeast Norway. In 2006, Norway's first lobster reserves were …

Adaptation to local conditions is a fundamental process in evolution; however, mechanisms
maintaining local adaptation despite high gene flow are still poorly understood. Marine …

Genetic divergence among populations arises through natural selection or drift and is
counteracted by connectivity and gene flow. In sympatric populations, isolating mechanisms …

In this contribution, we propose fishery driven predator release as the cause for the largest
grazing event ever observed in the NE Atlantic. Based on the evolving appreciation of limits …

Coastal development strategies and land-sea coordination has made a close connection
between the sea and the land, and the coastal zone has become a whole entity. In this …

Understanding the effects of ecological disturbances in coastal habitats is crucial and timely
as these are anticipated to increase in intensity and frequency in the future due to increasing …

Abstract The effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) depends on the mobility of the
populations that are the target of protection, with sedentary species likely to spend more time …

Coexistence in the same habitat of closely related yet genetically different populations is a
phenomenon that challenges our understanding of local population structure and …

Highlights•Spatial behaviour in a marine fish is repeatable at the individual
level.•Behavioural traits are correlated forming behavioural syndromes.•The magnitude of …

Gene flow shapes spatial genetic structure and the potential for local adaptation. Among
marine animals with nonmigratory adults, the presence or absence of a pelagic larval stage …