The Gulf of Maine has recently experienced its warmest 5-year period (2015–2020) in the
instrumental record. This warming was associated with a decline in the signature subarctic …

In ecosystems, sharks can be predators, competitors, facilitators, nutrient transporters, and
food. However, overfishing and other threats have greatly reduced shark populations …

The Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico are among the fastest warming ocean
regions, a trend that is expected to continue through this century with far-reaching …

Island vertebrates have evolved a number of morphological, physiological, and life history
characteristics that set them apart from their mainland relatives. However, to date, the …

As the effects of anthropogenic climate change become more severe, several approaches
for deliberate climate intervention to reduce or stabilize Earth's surface temperature have …

Large‐bodied predators are well represented among the world's threatened and
endangered species. A significant body of literature shows that in terrestrial and marine …

INTRODUCTION The iterative evolution of secondarily marine tetrapods since the Paleozoic
offers the promise of better understanding how the anatomy and ecology of animals change …

Ecologists develop species-habitat association (SHA) models to understand where species
occur, why they are there and where else they might be. This knowledge can be used to …

It has long been hypothesized that aquatic biomass is evenly distributed among logarithmic
body mass size classes. Although this community structure has been observed regionally …

Climate change is exposing marine species to unsuitable temperatures while also creating
new thermally suitable habitats of varying persistence. However, understanding how these …