Musculista senhousia Benson in Cantor is a small mytilid mussel that has been introduced
from Asia onto three continents, including the Pacific coast of North America. The mussel …

Many benthic marine invertebrate species have a dispersive larval stage in their life
histories. Larvae typically spend hours, weeks, or months developing in plankton before they …

Intertidal oyster reefs, 3-dimensional structures created by years of successive settlement of
larval oysters on adult oyster shells, provide levels of surface and interstitial heterogeneity …

This study examines the distribution of algae and invertebrates on rocky shores in the
northwest Mediterranean. The main objectives were to:(1) examine the consistency of …

Recruitment, abundance (percentage cover, density) and diversity (H′) of a benthic
subtidal community were examined in relation to large scale (⩾ 0.15 km) shoreline …

Heterogeneous patterns of species diversity are rarely linked to the processes that maintain
them on spatial scales larger than tens of meters. In this study, subtidal landscapes of a New …

The influence of 4 scales of substratum heterogeneity on the establishment of a temperate
sessile marine epibenthic community (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA) was examined over a …

Subtidal encrusting communities on adjacent horizontal and vertical surfaces of a tropical
rock reef in the southern Gulf of California were quantitatively described and experimentally …

We examined the effects of variation in intra‐and intercohort density on the magnitude and
form of per capita juvenile mortality rates of three species of damselfish (Dascyllus spp.) at …

Following metamorphosis, juveniles of marine benthic invertebrates continue to develop
traits that allow them to function and survive in their (new) non-pelagic environment. The …