Echinoderms are a source of a broad range of secondary metabolites with a large variety of
bioactive properties. Although pigment and lipid derivatives are the major groups of …

Crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) are a pervasive coral predator prone to population
outbreaks that have damaged coral reefs across Australia and the wider Indo-Pacific. CoTS …

The spatial distribution of kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) and sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus
droebachiensis) in the NE Atlantic are highly related to physical factors and to temporal …

Kelp forests are one of the most productive ecosystems on earth, providing critical
ecosystem services. Despite their global importance, their persistence in the face of human …

In this study, we investigated whether failure of sea urchin recruitment can explain an
ongoing phase shift from overgrazed, barren grounds to kelp forests along the coast of mid …

Ongoing changes along the northeastern Atlantic coastline provide an opportunity to explore
the influence of climate change and multitrophic interactions on the recovery of kelp. Here …

Increasing anthropogenic pressures are causing long-lasting regime shifts from high-
diversity ecosystems to low-diversity ones. In the Mediterranean Sea, large expanses of …

Recent marine climate change research has largely focused on the response of individual
species to environmental changes including warming and acidification. The response of …

In central Norway, populations of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
are collapsing, but the factors controlling its population density have not yet been elucidated …

Functional food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical applications of natural products have
gained growing attention as there is increasingly awareness of the association between …