The shallow waters of the world's coasts comprise a variety of ecosystems such as tidal
wetlands, salt marshes, sand flats, rocky coasts, and coral reef flats, and encompass …

Benthic communities perform many important roles within mangrove ecosystems and are
responsible for facilitating many of the functions attributed to mangrove forests. For instance …

Lakes supply multiple ecosystem services (ES), key to supporting socio-ecologic systems
and human well-being. In the context of future land use and climate changes, it is imperative …

To understand the functional meaning of morphological traits in the exploitation of natural
resources, it is necessary to develop a quantitative, meaningful scheme for understanding …

Context Subtropical intertidal pools on depositional shores are important nursery habitats for
smaller juveniles (10-to~ 25-mm total length, TL) of commercially important smelt whiting …

This study investigates sediment samples from the Indian Sundarbans' mangrove habitat,
where most samples were alkaline and hypersaline, except for one acidic sample …

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) region comprises a diversity of ecosystems including the reefs
themselves, inter-reefal habitats, and a mosaic of coastal systems. Here, land and sea are …

Seagrass meadows fulfil an essential ecosystem service by providing nursery habitats to
various fish species. However, the habitat features driving this function remain insufficiently …

Determining habitat associations and co-occurrence patterns among species can provide
insight into their behavior and shared roles in ecosystem function. This study used a long …

ABSTRACT The Atlantic goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara is the largest grouper in the
Atlantic Ocean, currently classified as vulnerable by IUCN red list. The present study aimed …