Marine organisms are a prolific source of natural products, many of which have become the
target of pharmacological investigations. As well as being bioactive, these compounds can …

Habitat complexity strongly affects the structure and dynamics of ecological communities,
with increased complexity often leading to greater species diversity and abundance …

The present study aimed at exploring the habitat use by fish life stages and ontogenetic
shifts in a South-western Mediterranean rocky reef. The relation with rocky reef habitat …

Large consumers are important in determining community structure and have been
extensively researched. The impact of predation on hard-substrate marine invertebrate …

Many larval sessile marine invertebrates exhibit settlement preferences, and larval
behavioral responses to cues at settlement can ultimately influence the distribution of adults …

Settlement is a key process for meroplanktonic organisms as it determines distribution of
adult populations. Starvation and predation are two of the main mortality causes during this …

Many studies have shown that the processes of colonization of new marine substrata, from
settlement to recruitment, can leave long and lasting signals on the richness, composition …

Despite sea-urchins can play an important role affecting the community structure of subtidal
bottoms, factors controlling the dynamics of sea-urchin populations are still poorly …

The aim of this paper was to study the population ecology of Callichirus major (Say, 1818) at
Piedade Beach, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, through the analysis of parameters such as …

The stalked barnacle, Pollicipes pollicipes, is considered a delicacy on the Iberian
Peninsula and has a high market value. Despite being a dangerous activity, increased …