Marine ecosystems are increasingly impacted by global environmental changes, including
warming temperatures, deoxygenation, and ocean acidification. Marine scientists recognize …

Climate change profoundly impacts ecosystems and their biota, resulting in range shifts,
novel interactions, food web alterations, changed intensities of host—parasite interactions …

Multihost infectious disease outbreaks have endangered wildlife, causing extinction of frogs
and endemic birds, and widespread declines of bats, corals, and abalone. Since 2013, a …

While changes in the abundance of keystone predators can have cascading effects resulting
in regime shifts, the role of mesopredators in these processes remains underexplored. We …

Ecosystems are changing at alarming rates because of climate change and a wide variety of
other anthropogenic stressors. These stressors have the potential to cause phase shifts to …

The prevalence of disease-driven mass mortality events is increasing, but our understanding
of spatial variation in their magnitude, timing and triggers are often poorly resolved. Here, we …

Multiple species show significant trait shifts in response to urbanization. Yet, the impact of
anthropogenic warming linked to the urban heat island effect is remarkably understudied. In …

Comparing populations across temperature gradients can inform how global warming will
impact the structure and function of ecosystems. Shoot density, morphometry and …

Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera is a foundational species that forms a 3-dimensional habitat
and supports numerous high-value fisheries species. Constant grazing of kelp holdfasts by …

2013-2017, Pycnopodia and other sea star species were devastated by SSWS, which
affected a variety of sea star species across more than 5,000 km of the western coast of …