To thrive in nutrient-poor waters, coral reefs must retain and recycle materials efficiently. This
review centers microbial processes in facilitating the persistence and stability of coral reefs …

Worldwide, coastal systems provide some of the most productive habitats, which potentially
influence a range of marine and terrestrial ecosystems through the transfer of nutrients and …

Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate
and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of …

Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create
more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist and recover following …

Mangroves, the only woody halophytes living at the confluence of land and sea, have been
heavily used traditionally for food, timber, fuel and medicine, and presently occupy about …

Nutrient loading to coastal bay ecosystems is of a similar magnitude as that to deeper, river-
fed estuaries, yet our understanding of the eutrophication process in these shallow systems …

Cycling of organic carbon in the ocean has the potential to mitigate or exacerbate global
climate change, but major questions remain about the environmental controls on organic …

Aim To investigate how reef fish trophic structure responds to latitudinal changes, using a
simple model: the extensive Brazilian coast. Location Six Brazilian tropical and subtropical …

Understanding matter circulation in the biosphere constitutes one of the fundamental
research objectives for ecologists. Stocks of materials, their distribution, and their fluxes …

Abstract “[F] or most of the past 50 My, Caribbean seagrass communities have had to
withstand heavy, sustained grazing pressure from several sympatric lineages of large …