Coastal areas offer a diversity of habitats providing refugia and nursery for fish, promoting
their biodiversity and associated contributions to people. Yet, natural coastlines are replaced …

Aim Coastal fishes have a fundamental role in marine ecosystem functioning and
contributions to people, but face increasing threats due to climate change, habitat …

Coastal areas host a major part of marine biodiversity but are seriously threatened by ever‐
increasing human pressures. Transforming natural coastlines into urban seascapes through …

Marine stock assessments or biodiversity monitoring studies, which historically relied on
extractive techniques (eg, trawl or grab surveys), are being progressively replaced by non …

Animal body-size variation influences multiple processes in marine ecosystems, but habitat
heterogeneity has prevented a comprehensive assessment of size across pelagic …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are the most widely applied tool for marine biodiversity
conservation, yet many gaps remain in our understanding of their species‐specific effects …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has begun to show promise as a robust and reproducible tool
for monitoring cetaceans in coastal and offshore waters. Some limiting factors preventing the …

Marine protected areas are set up across the globe to safeguard biodiversity and support
coastal ecosystem functioning. In Hong Kong, partially protected marine parks and a no-take …

Rhodolith beds, recognized as biodiversity hotspots with high ecological and conservation
importance, face local anthropic pressures, including trawl fishing. However, monitoring the …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding provides an efficient approach for documenting
biodiversity patterns in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The complexity of these data …