Sea ice is a key factor for the functioning and services provided by polar marine ecosystems.
However, ecosystem responses to sea-ice loss are largely unknown because time-series …

To assess how sandy beach biodiversity is influenced by the effects of environmental
features and urbanization, we sampled the macrofauna in the whole across-shore gradient …

Abstract The September 2022 Hurricane Ian was among the most destructive hurricanes to
hit the US coasts. Ian was one of the rare events that produced both positive (normal) and …

Annual surveys of the abundance of intertidal invertebrates and macroalgae have been
made at between 70 and 100 rocky intertidal time-series sites around the United Kingdom …

Beta diversity measures the spatial variation in species composition. Because it influences
several community attributes, studies are increasingly investigating its drivers. Spatial …

Infaunal organisms living within marine sediments can provide valuable information about
the effect of key environmental factors, acting as ecological indicators eg species …

Benthic indices have been widely used across different coastal ecosystems to assess
ecological quality and detect anthropic impacts, but very few studies investigated their …

Exchanges of solutes and solids between the sea floor and water column are a vital
component of ecosystem functioning in marine habitats around the globe. This review …

Benthic animal populations inhabiting intertidal flats provide important ecosystem functions
and services that may be disrupted by physical disturbances such as tropical cyclones …

De-reclamation is a common strategy used for the restoration of tidal flats. In this study, we
investigate the morphodynamic response of tidal channel networks and tidal flats after de …