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

Molluscs are economically and ecologically important components of aquatic ecosystems. In
addition to supporting valuable aquaculture and wild-harvest industries, their populations …

The invasion of natural ecosystems by non-indigenous species (NIS) is one of the greatest
threats to native biodiversity (Wilcove et al. 1998, Butchart et al. 2010). Although only a small …

Marine invasions have risen over time with enhanced globalization, and so has the
introduction of non-native hosts and their parasites. An important and well-supported …

Suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs are confronted with a wide range of materials in the
benthic marine environment. These materials include various sized plankton and the …

Introduction of free-living species also results in co-introduction of their parasites. Since
recent advances have shown that native parasites dramatically alter food web structure, I …

Ecological monitoring studies have shown that surrogate species can provide good
predictive power for the community diversity of other taxa. In our study, we sampled for …

Mass mortality events, the rapid, catastrophic die-off of organisms, have recently been
recognized as important events in controlling population size, but are difficult to quantify …

Interspecific relationships of invasive species hosting a native associated species are
noteworthy, particularly if the invasive does not have a similar relationship in its native …

Phylogeography provides insights into how historical and contemporary processes influence
the genetic structure and gene flow in marine organisms around the globe. In benthic marine …