Generating electricity from waves is predicted to be a new source of renewable energy
conversion expanding significantly, with a global potential in the range of wind and …

Floating anthropogenic litter provides habitat for a diverse community of marine organisms.
A total of 387 taxa, including pro-and eukaryotic microorganisms, seaweeds and …

Substantial quantities of small plastic particles, termed “microplastic,” have been found in
many areas of the world ocean, and have accumulated in particularly high densities on the …

An immense variety of fish may, on occasions, aggregate around or beassociated with
floating structures such as drifting algae, jelliedzooplankton, whales, floats or anchored fish …

Plastic and other anthropogenic debris (eg, rubber, tar) augment natural floating substrates
(eg, algal rafts, pumice) in the open ocean, allowing “islands” of substrate-associated …

The use of floating photovoltaic systems in freshwater and marine environments is forecast
to increase dramatically worldwide within the next decade in response to demands for …

Two groups of six fish aggregating devices (FADs) were deployed at two locations off the
eastern coast of Majorca (Western Mediterranean). Samples were obtained fortnightly …

Fortnightly experimental purse‐seine hauls at fish aggregation devices (FADs) and open
water control sites, over a 2‐year period in oceanic waters o. the eastern coast of Majorca …

Purse seiners deploy thousands of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (DFADs) in all tropical
oceans to catch tropical tunas. Although different designs of DFADs exist, fishers all over the …

Fishes are widely known to aggregate around floating objects, including flotsam and fish
aggregating devices (FADs). The numbers and diversity of juvenile fishes that associated …