People have caused major impacts on nearshore and intertidal habitats by building
infrastructure associated with shipping, recreation, residential and commercial …

Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

The use of standardised classifications, or operational definitions, is essential if different
researchers are to measure and compare similar entities. In the marine realm, algal 'turfs' …

This chapter reviews habitat impacts of seawalls and how these impacts can be mitigated
and present a case study of Seattle's seawall habitat improvements. It indicates that …

Global and local anthropogenic stressors such as climate change, acidification, overfishing,
and pollution are expected to shift the benthic community composition of coral reefs from …

The progressive expansion of human activities is causing unprecedented changes to marine
ecosystems. In some cases, the extent of these changes may be so large as to generate …

A major challenge in ecology is to understand and predict consequences of environmental
changes to biological assemblages. Urbanization and associated alteration and destruction …

Peracarid crustaceans are an important component of the vagile fauna associated with
coralline algal beds, which often characterize the infralittoral fringe of tropical rocky shores …

Urban development in many coastal cities has resulted in altered natural light regimes, with
many coastal habitats being artificially shaded during the daytime by built structures such as …

The existence of three different ecological strategies (competitor, stress-tolerant, opportunist)
has been widely recognized in the scientific literature and in the development of several …