Connectivity, or the exchange of individuals among marine populations, is a central topic in
marine ecology. For most benthic marine species with complex life cycles, this exchange …

Metacommunity ecology combines local (eg, environmental filtering and biotic interactions)
and regional (eg, dispersal and heterogeneity) processes to understand patterns of species …

Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical
experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with …

Resource managers and scientists from disparate disciplines are rising to the challenge of
understanding and moderating human impacts on marine ecosystems. Traditional barriers …

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

The dispersal of individuals among marine populations is of great importance to
metapopulation dynamics, population persistence, and species expansion. Understanding …

Rafting of marine and terrestrial organisms has important ecological, biogeographical and
evolutionary implications. Herein the general principles of rafting are described and how …

This paper considers ocean fisheries as complex adaptive systems and addresses the
question of how human institutions might be best matched to their structure and function …

Social–ecological systems research suffers from a disconnect between hierarchical (top-
down or bottom-up) and network (peer-to-peer) analyses. The concept of the heterarchy …

Rapid shifts in biotic communities due to environmental variability challenge the detection of
anthropogenic impacts by current biomonitoring programs. Metacommunity ecology has the …