Our planet is changing, and one of the most pressing challenges facing the scientific
community revolves around understanding how ecological communities respond to global …

Benthic diatom communities have been documented many times to exhibit a predictable
pattern of migration entrained to diurnal and tidal cycles forming transient biofilms in the …

Sedimentary habitats cover most of the ocean bottom and therefore constitute the largest
single ecosystem on Earth in spatial coverage. The benthic ecosystem contributes to human …

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

Declines in habitat structural complexity have marked ecological outcomes, as currently
observed in many of the world's ecosystems. Coral reefs have provided a model for such …

Plastic pollution is an emerging global threat for marine wildlife. Many species of birds,
reptiles, and fishes are directly impaired by plastics as they can get entangled in ropes and …

Zooplankton are critical to the vitality of estuaries and coastal waters. In this revised edition
of Johnson and Allen's instant classic, readers are taken on a tour of the miniature universe …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are essential compounds that can limit the productivity of
primary consumers in aquatic food webs, where the efficiency in energy transfer at the plant …

Brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) are an important commercial aquatic species
experiencing loss of inshore marsh nursery habitat in coastal Louisiana. To study inshore …

Meiofaunal organisms are mobile multicellular animals that are smaller than macrofauna
and larger than microfauna. The size boundaries of meiofauna are generally based on the …