Water temperature is one of the main abiotic factors affecting the structure and functioning of
aquatic ecosystems and its alteration can have important effects on biological communities …

Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

Community ecological theory may play an important role in the development of a science of
restoration ecology. Not only will the practice of restoration benefit from an increased focus …

▪ Abstract The majority of marine populations are demographically open; their replenishment
is largely or exclusively dependent on a supply of juveniles from the plankton. In spite of …

▪ Abstract The direct effects of marine habitat disturbance by commercial fishing have been
well documented. However, the potential ramifications to the ecological function of seafloor …

Intertidal marine systems are highly dynamic systems which are characterized by periodic
fluctuations in environmental parameters. Microbial processes play critical roles in the …

The seashore has long been the subject of fascination and study-the Ancient Greek scholar
Aristotle made observations and wrote about Mediterranean sea urchins. The considerable …

The use of species traits in basic and applied ecology is expanding rapidly because trait-
based approaches hold the promise to increase our mechanistic understanding of biological …

Experiments assessing the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning initially aimed at
establishing whether such relationships exist (eg Naeem et al. 1995; Tilman et al. 1996; …

The physical component of river channel (instream) habitat is of acknowledged significance,
particularly in headwater streams; furthermore, physical habitats have been heavily …