Upwelling bays: How coastal upwelling controls circulation, habitat, and productivity in bays

JL Largier - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Bays in coastal upwelling regions are physically driven and biochemically fueled by their
interaction with open coastal waters. Wind-driven flow over the shelf imposes a circulation in …

Corridors and barriers to marine connectivity around southern Africa

C Lett, BS Malauene, TB Hoareau, DM Kaplan… - Marine Ecology …, 2024 - int-res.com
Detailed knowledge on connectivity, ie the exchange of marine organisms among
geographically separated populations, is essential for effective marine spatial planning …

Surface slicks are pelagic nurseries for diverse ocean fauna

JL Whitney, JM Gove, MA McManus, KA Smith… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Most marine animals have a pelagic larval phase that develops in the coastal or open
ocean. The fate of larvae has profound effects on replenishment of marine populations that …

Ecogenomics and cultivation reveal distinctive viral-bacterial communities in the surface microlayer of a Baltic Sea slick

J Rahlff, M Wietz, HA Giebel, O Bayfield… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Visible surface films, termed slicks, can extensively cover freshwater and marine
ecosystems, with coastal regions being particularly susceptible to their presence. The sea …

Natural and oil surface slicks as microbial habitats in marine systems: A mini review

L Voskuhl, J Rahlff - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Natural and oil surface slicks are widespread phenomena at the air-water interface and
represent visible surface films with distinct physicochemical and biological properties …

Sea-surface slicks and their effect on the concentration of plastics and zooplankton in the coastal waters of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

C Gallardo, NC Ory, MÁ Gallardo, M Ramos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The abundance and distribution of plastic debris at the sea surface shows considerable
variability over different spatial scales. Some of the oceanographic processes at small (< 1 …

Simulation of the transport of marine microplastic particles in the Ionian Archipelago (NE Ionian Sea) using a Lagrangian model and the control mechanisms affecting …

N Simantiris, M Avlonitis, A Theocharis - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is among the most affected areas of our planet by
microplastic (MP) pollution. However, some regions are still underrepresented in the current …

Larval fish assemblage structure at coastal fronts and the influence of environmental variability

P Pattrick, N Weidberg, WS Goschen… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Within the coastal zone, oceanographic features, such as fronts, can have major effects on
the abundance and distribution of larval fish. We investigated the effects of fronts on larval …

Selective foraging behavior of seabirds in small‐scale slicks

L Lieber, C Füchtencordsjürgen… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine predator foraging opportunities are often driven by dynamic physical processes
enhancing prey accessibility. Surface slicks are ubiquitous yet ephemeral ocean features …

Delivery of marine larvae to shore requires multiple sequential transport mechanisms

MC Pfaff, GM Branch, JL Fisher, V Hoffmann, AG Ellis… - Ecology, 2015 - JSTOR
Most sedentary marine animals disperse from their place of origin during their initial life
stages as larvae. The delivery of planktonic larvae back to coastal adult habitats after weeks …