In the marine environment, biofilms on submerged surfaces can promote or discourage the
settlement of invertebrate larvae and macroalgal spores. The settlement-mediating effects of …

Habitatrestoration encompasses a broad range of activities, emphasizing very different
issues, goals, and approaches depending on the operational definition of 'restoration'. This …

Mollusk shells are abundant, persistent, ubiquitous physical structures in aquatic habitats.
Using an ecosystem engineering perspective, we identify general roles of mollusk shell …

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

Most benthic marine invertebrates produce planktonic larvae that remain in their larval
phases for minutes to months, sometimes dispersing over great distances before settling on …

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

Because planktonic organisms have swimming speeds that are orders of magnitude lower
than horizontal current velocities, it is unclear whether behavior of weak-swimming bivalve …

A feature common to many benthic marine plants and animals is the release of propagules
that serve as the organism's only mechanism of dispersal. Successful dispersal depends to …

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 …

The interdisciplinary field of marine chemical ecology is an expanding and dynamic science.
It is no surprise that the breadth of marine organisms studied expanded in concert with …