Coastal erosion is occurring at a faster rate than in the past. The adverse impacts are not
negligible at environmental, economic, and socio-cultural levels. Hence, coastal protection …

Macroalgae provide food and habitat to a diversity of organisms in marine systems, so
structural damage and breakage of thallus tissue can have important ecological …

Plant and animal biomechanists have much in common. Although their frame of reference
differs, they think about the natural world in similar ways. While researchers studying …

We studied the role of hydrodynamics in the establishment of sea grass seedlings for two
Mediterranean sea grass species, Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa, by …

• Premise of the study: Intertidal macroalgae must resist extreme hydrodynamic forces
imposed by crashing waves. How does frond flexibility mitigate drag, and how does flexibility …

Invasive species possess unique traits that allow them to navigate the invasion process in
order to establish and spread in new habitats. Successful hull fouling invaders must resist …

Ocean warming and acidification are predicted to impact the physiology of marine
organisms, especially marine calcifiers that must deposit calcium carbonate and resist …

Through controlled biomineralization, organisms yield complicated structures with specific
functions. Here, Jania sp., an articulated coralline red alga that secretes high‐Mg calcite as …

Ocean waves deliver an immense amount of energy to coasts around the planet, powering
high-velocity flows that interact with nearshore marine plants and animals. Although some of …

Food webs on sandy beaches rely heavily on spatial subsidies of macroalgae and other
detritus. Invasive macroalgal species are modifying many ecosystems worldwide, so the …