Simple empirical models can sometimes capture salient patterns without sacrificing
predictive capacity when compared to more complex models. Herein we examine dissolved …

Host-microbe dynamics are of increasing interest in marine research due to their role in host
health and productivity. Changes in the shell microbiome of American lobsters have been …

The spatial distribution of zooplankton is influenced by complex interactions among
population dynamics, vertical positioning and advection. We used empirical observations …

Diet composition, diet similarity, and major predator–prey interactions between the 15 most
abundant demersal and pelagic fishes (N= 12,163 stomachs) during the period 1999–2003 …

Cobscook Bay is an 11-km2 geographically complex, boreal, and macrotidal bay in eastern
Maine. The physical environment, primary producers, and invertebrate assemblage of the …

St. Pauls Inlet, a coastal brackish lake/estuary within Gros Morne National Park in
Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), is a semi-enclosed body of water with a narrow 80 …

Decapod shrimps typically occupy lower trophic levels, often as omnivores, and many have
high population turnover rates, which makes shrimp populations susceptible to changes in …

An acoustic-based index of biomass was developed due to concerns that the existing bottom-
trawl index for western component pollock (Pollachius virens) was inaccurate and imprecise …

Four species of sticklebacks were collected during May, June, August, and September 2011–
2013 in a survey of fishes of Cobscook Bay, a macrotidal bay in eastern Maine, USA …

A recent data-recovery exercise uncovered a large amount of stomach-content data (n=
8209) from mainly demersal fishes collected seasonally in the Miramichi River Estuary …