The hypothesized importance of mesophotic (30 to 150 m depth) reefs justifies the recent
trend in scientific scrutiny of these systems. However, to enable assessment of complex …

Estuaries are important coastal systems offering nursery and foraging grounds for many
species. With the increasing threat from climate change and sea-level rise, the armouring of …

The low fecundity, late maturity, long gestation and long life span of Nautilus suggest that
this species is vulnerable to over-exploitation. Demand from the ornamental shell trade has …

Baited lander represents a low impact technique, an alternative to the traditional trawl
sampling for collecting data on fish diversity and abundance, especially for threatened …

Over the last decade, an increase in the annual rate of shark bites on people has stimulated
the development of new techniques aimed at reducing their occurrence, while minimising …

In this study, fishes and habitat attributes were quantified, four times over 1 year, on three
reefs within four regions encompassing a c. 6° latitudinal gradient across south‐western …

Large predatory fish that alter the behaviour of smaller species may affect visual estimates of
abundance by making organisms more or less difficult to observe and quantify. To evaluate …

Coastal habitats are important for commercially exploited and protected species of fish and
larger mobile invertebrates. The addition of artificial structures within the marine …

Abstract Information on habitat associations from survey data, combined with spatial
modelling, allow the development of more refined species distribution modelling which may …

Consumer pressure in benthic communities is predicted to be higher at low than at high
latitudes, but support for this pattern has been ambiguous, especially for herbivory. To …