Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Diverse habitats composing coastal seascapes occur in close proximity, connected by the
flux of materials and fauna across habitat boundaries. Understanding how seascape …

Recent warming trends have driven widespread changes in the performance and
distribution of species in many regions, with consequent shifts in assemblage structure and …

Due to the predicted future demand for critical metals, abyssal plains covered with
polymetallic nodules are currently being prospected for deep-seabed mining. Deep-seabed …

Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America (Les, 2017) and follows a similar format by providing
a comprehensive overview of the life history, ecology, and systematics of those …

Considerable interest exists in the development of marine biological control (biocontrol)
approaches to biofouling management. For most conceivable applications, the effectiveness …

Tropicalization is a phenomenon that is changing the structure of ecosystems around the
world. Mangrove encroachment is a particular form of tropicalization that may have …

Shallow water subtidal marine communities along the western Antarctic Peninsula are
characterized by dense beds of macroalgae and strikingly dense assemblages of …

Along the western Antarctic Peninsula, benthic macrophytic biomass rivals some of the
denser algal communities in the world. However, there is a noticeable lack of filamentous …

Herbivorous molluscs represent one of the greatest grazing impacts on abundance and
diversity of primary producers in benthic ecosystems. However, the effects of nutritional …