Background Marine ecosystems are hosts to a vast array of organisms, being among the
most richly biodiverse locations on the planet. The study of these ecosystems is very …

Ecosystems are shaped by complex interactions between species and their environment.
However, humans are rapidly changing the environment through increased carbon dioxide …

Ecological communities are organized in trophic levels that share manifold interactions
forming complex food webs. Infochemicals can further modify these interactions, eg, by …

Aquatic organisms detect chemical cues to sense the local environment, for example, to find
a mate, locate food, and identify danger. Knowledge of chemical cues can be used in …

Light fuels photosynthesis and organic matter production by primary producers in the sunlit
ocean. The quantity and quality of the organic matter produced influence community …

Prey are under selection to minimize predation losses. In aquatic environments, many prey
use chemical cues released by predators, which initiate predator avoidance. A prominent …

Crustaceans express genes for at least three classes of putative chemosensory proteins.
These are: Ionotropic Receptors (IRs), derived from the heterotetrameric ionotropic …

Invasive species are a major threat for native ecosystems and organisms living within. They
are reducing the biodiversity in invaded ecosystems, by outcompeting native species with eg …

In aquatic and terrestrial environments, odorants are dispersed by currents that create
concentration distributions that are spatially and temporally complex. Animals navigating in …

Predator–prey interactions are a key feature of ecosystems and often chemically mediated,
whereby individuals detect molecules in their environment that inform whether they should …