In this review, I summarize recent developments in marine chemical ecology and suggest
additional studies that should be especially productive. Direct tests in both the field and …

Marine algae are one of the largest producers of biomass in the marine environment. They
produce a wide variety of chemically active metabolites in their surroundings, potentially as …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Food webs in nature have multiple, reticulate connections between a diversity of consumers
and resources. Such complexity affects web dynamics: it first spreads the direct effects of …

This study quantifies the flow of energy and biomass from a productive marine system to a
relatively unproductive terrestrial system. Biomass from marine food webs (here, the Gulf of …

Trophic cascades mean runaway consumption, downward dominance through the food
chain. Especially vulnerable are the autotrophs. Standing crop and coverage of the plant …

Concepts and theory for the design and application of terrestrial reserves is based on our
understanding of environmental, ecological, and evolutionary processes responsible for …

Marine organisms have providednatural products chemists with a rich source of unusual
secondary metabolites, 1 a point to which the other contributions to this issue will clearly …

There is growing interest in the effects of changing marine biodiversity on a variety of
community properties and ecosystem processes such as nutrient use and cycling …

Rafting has been inferred as an important dispersal mechanism in the marine environment
by many authors. The success of rafting depends critically on the availability of suitable …