Food webs as representations of who eats whom are at the core of community ecology.
Incorporation of tools from network theory enables assessment of how complex systems …

Artificial marine infrastructures now cover large stretches of the available natural shoreline in
many parts of the world. This is having a substantial impact on the local marine ecosystems …

Man-made facilities along coastlines modify water circulation and sedimentation dynamics
which can affect the structure of marine benthic and pelagic communities. To test how …

Rocky shore ecology has been studied for a long time, starting with qualitative descriptions
and becoming more quantitative and experimental over time. Some of the earliest …

Quantifying variability over multiple spatial scales is a fundamental goal in ecology,
providing insight into which scale-dependent processes most strongly influence community …

A rocky shores working group (WG) integrated with ReBentos (Monitoring Network for
Coastal Benthic Habitats; Rede de Monitoramento de Habitats Bentônicos Costeiros) was …

Artificial shading has been highlighted as an important human disturbance, affecting both
productivity and community organization. However, studies of shading have been poorly …

Predation plays a fundamental role in shaping marine fouling communities. However, its
consequences for species diversity and community organization depend on several intrinsic …

The roles of herbivory and predation in determining the structure and diversity of
communities have been tested across most intertidal systems. In contrast, the importance of …

In contrast to what is observed in most temperate regions, perennial macroalgae are rare at
the mid intertidal level of tropical and subtropical shores, and energy transfer through …