Drivers of recruitment in sessile marine organisms are often poorly understood, due to the
rapidly changing requirements experienced during early ontogeny. The complex suite of …

Caribbean coral reefs continue to decline in coral cover; however, recruitment is a natural
process that could increase coral abundance. Benthic habitats that increase coral …

Ecology is in a challenging state as a scientific discipline. While some theoretical ecologists
are attempting to build a definition of ecology from first principles, many others are …

The vertical and horizontal distribution of larval stages of the most common intertidal
barnacle and mussel species were characterized in near-shore waters of central Chile …

Much research has focused on linking larval abundance and dispersal data to observed
patterns of settlement. Consequently, measures of settlement have become increasingly …

Macro-benthic invertebrates are important components of estuarine communities providing
links between primary producers and higher trophic levels. In temperate regions, abundance …

Making links between ecological processes and the scales at which they operate is an
enduring challenge of community ecology. Our understanding of ecological communities …

One of the central issues in ecology is the identification of processes affecting the population
structure and dynamics of species with complex life cycles. In such species, variation in both …

Understanding interactive effects of contaminants is critical to predict how human activities
change ecosystem structure and function. We examined independent and interactive effects …

In the Mediterranean, the gastropod Dendropoma cristatum (sin. D. petraeum (Monterosato,
1884)) is the primary builder of the vermetid reef, an intertidal bioconstruction of exceptional …