Marine sponges belonging to the phylum Porifera (Metazoa), evolutionarily the oldest
animals are the single best source of marine natural products. The present review presents …

Despite the importance of consumers in structuring communities, and the widespread
assumption that consumption is strongest at low latitudes, empirical tests for global scale …

Cyanobacteria are the Earth's oldest (∼ 3.5 bya) oxygen evolving organisms, and they have
had major impacts on shaping our modern-day biosphere. Conversely, biospheric …

Macrophyte systems, including kelp, seaweed and seagrasses, have revealed high diversity
and abundance of associated fauna along the Norwegian coast. In the present study, data …

Coral recruitment is a key process in the maintenance and recovery of coral reef
ecosystems. While intense competition between coral and algae is often assumed on reefs …

Humic Substances color all waters more or less brown. Their concentrations exceed all
carbon of living organisms by at least one order of magnitude. Opposite to former …

The ecological interactions of brown algae are important as these macroalgae are common
and often keystone members in many benthic marine communities. This review highlights …

The Earth and the oceans have warmed significantly over the past four decades, providing
evidence that the Earth is undergoing long-term climate change. Increasing temperatures …

Cyanobacteria (“blue-green algae”) from marine and freshwater habitats are known to
produce a diverse array of toxic or otherwise bioactive metabolites. However, the functional …

Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are the Earth's oldest known (> 2.5 billion years) oxygenic
phototrophs, yet today still exhibit remarkable adaptations and diversification in response to …