Microplastics (MPs) contamination in marine environments is of increasing concern, as
plastic particles are globally ubiquitous across ecosystems. A large variety of aquatic taxa …

Predation is a dominant structuring force in ecological communities. In aquatic
environments, predation on bivalves has long been an important focal interaction for …

Predator–prey interactions may be strongly influenced by temperature variations in marine
ecosystems. Consequently, climate change may alter the importance of predators with …

Two-decade-long monitoring studies at Europe's first statutory marine reserve—Lough Hyne
in SW Ireland—indicate that benthic communities are rapidly changing. Populations of the …

The expansion and persistence of urchin-dominated habitats at the expense of macroalgal
cover has long been of interest in marine ecology. Macroalgal habitats are considered to …

Biotic invasions can result in the displacement of native species. This can alter the
availability of native prey and the choices made by native predators. We investigated prey …

Growth and recruitment of the sea star Marthasterias glacialis was followed over six years in
Lough Hyne, southwest Ireland. Juveniles from a 2-mm radius were found on algae at< 1–2 …

Despite considerable progress in understanding the transition from algal forests to coralline
barrens, knowledge of coralline barren ecosystems in terms of community composition and …

Many shell-bearing gastropods exhibit pre-capture behaviors when encountering predatory
asteroid sea stars. As shown in this meta-analysis of 48 studies on 24 sea star and 100 …

Sea stars often function as keystone predators in food webs of intertidal and subtidal
communities, especially in temperate and sub-polar regions. In South America the sea star …