The exposed coast on the tide-less south-eastern Baltic Sea is generally unsuitable for large
perennial, habitat forming plants, such as eelgrass and bladder wrack. In this area the …

Biogenic marine habitats are threatened by a multitude of human stressors, and urbanised
temperate coasts in particular are exposed to an intense and accumulating range of impacts …

Changes in biodiversity can result in decreased ecosystem functioning and loss of
ecosystem services, but altered biodiversity is only one of many stressors impacting …

In this work, we focused on the functional characterization of unicellular eukaryotic
assemblages that had previously been taxonomically characterized by 18S rRNA gene …

Grazing is a major force structuring seaweed communities. Grazer–seaweed interactions
are ecologically complex with important implications for seaweed standing biomass and …

This study aimed to evaluate and compare the intertidal macroalgae community from reef
structures subject to different urbanization degrees. Samplings were made in 11 beaches …

Increasing anthropogenic pressures are causing long-lasting regime shifts from high-
diversity ecosystems to low-diversity degraded ones. Understanding the effects of multiple …

We assessed whether published observations of the ecology of encrusting coralline algae
(Rhodophyta) from tropical and temperate coasts could be used to predict patterns and …

Understanding the mechanisms that regulate shifts among alternative ecosystems has
become a priority for ecologists and environmental scientists. This study assessed the …

Coastal marine ecosystems have been under high anthropogenic pressure and it can be
assumed that prevalent local perturbation interacts with rising global stressors under …