While the impacts of high exploitation on fish populations and aquatic ecosystems are well-
documented for commercial fishing, particularly in the marine environment, the potential …

Climate change affects ecological processes and interactions, including parasitism.
Because parasites are natural components of ecological systems, as well as agents of …

Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or
assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems …

Valuation of ecosystem services can provide evidence of the importance of sustaining and
enhancing those resources and the ecosystems that provide them. Long appreciated only as …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

The declining health of marine ecosystems around the world is evidence that current
piecemeal governance is inadequate to successfully support healthy coastal and ocean …

A reduction in dissolved oxygen concentration is one of the most important direct effects of
nutrient over-enrichment of coastal waters on fishes. Because hypoxia can cause mortality …

Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is a popular activity that involves millions of people
worldwide. While the impacts of recreational fishing on freshwater ecosystems received …

Overharvesting of wild oysters and environmental mismanagement in estuaries around the
world have resulted in the loss of fisheries income and collapse of an ecologically important …

We reviewed studies providing quantitative measurements of abundance of fishes and large
mobile crustaceans on oyster reefs and on nearby sedimentary habitat in the southeast …