Large benthic decapods play an increasingly important role in commercial fisheries
worldwide, yet their roles in the marine ecosystem are less well understood. A synthesis of …

Although site-attached fish can be expected to increase in abundance in marine protected
areas (MPAs), there is little known about recruitment effects. The present work reviews …

Ecosystems can “flip” and, as a result of reinforcing feedback mechanisms,“lock” into
alternative stable states. We studied this process in a kelp-forest ecosystem in Maine, USA …

As is true for many fish and invertebrate fisheries, stock–recruitment relationships remain
poorly understood for most commercially important species of lobsters and crabs. This paper …

What drives community change on large spatial scales? An opportunity to address this
fundamental question was provided by a massive subtidal recruitment of the mussel, Mytilus …

We discovered that newly settled marine rock crabs, Cancer irroratus, exhibit a variety of non‐
adult colors early in life. This color polymorphism predominates in populations of minute …

We estimated juvenile abundance and predation potential for young-of-the-year (YOY) blue
crabs Callinectes sapidus in upper-and lower-salinity marsh and submerged aquatic …

Marine habitats are being altered by anthropogenic pressures, influencing the diversity and
distribution of species. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are increasingly used as spatial …

The management of fisheries in European Union (EU) waters has generally been regulated
through government institutions and agreed quota allocations. This top-down management …

Based upon papers presented at the Ninth Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial
Habitats (CARAH), this reference offers a timely compilation of information to increase …