Cohesive sediment is an important component of aquatic environments, which must be
monitored and managed for environmental, engineering, and human health reasons. While …

… the snail, whose tender horns being hit Shrinks backward in his shelly cave with pain,
And there, all smothered up, in shade doth sit, Long after fearing to creep forth again …

Introduced ecosystem engineers can severely modify the functioning on invaded systems.
Species-level effects on ecosystem functioning (EF) are context dependent, but the effects of …

The present study assessed whether the bivalve Ruditapes philippinarum may be
appropriately deployed as a bioindicator in monitoring transitional environments, in terms of …

The food sources of 14 benthic consumer species (polychaetes, bivalves, amphipods and
decapods) were investigated at 2 locations in a brackish lagoon (Gamo Lagoon, Japan) …

A huge tsunami is one of the greatest disturbance events in coastal benthic communities,
although the ecological consequences are not fully understood. Here we examined the …

The relationship between the food demand of a clam population (Ruditapes philippinarum
(Adams & Reeve 1850)) and the isotopic contributions of potential food sources …

Understanding the effects of anthropogenic eutrophication on coastal fisheries may help in
the enhancement of fishery production by effective utilization of sewage effluents, as well as …

The spatial distribution, abundance, and assemblage structure of macrozoobenthos were
examined at 45 stations in a brackish lagoon (Idoura Lagoon, Japan) to examine the animal …

For species' dynamics highly influenced by environmental conditions, sustainable
management for conservation and/or exploitation purposes requires the ability to segregate …