Freshwater shore zones are among the most ecologically valuable parts of the planet, but
have been heavily damaged by human activities. Because the management and …

Processes interacting across scales of space and time influence emergent patterns in
ecological systems, but to obtain strong inference and empirical generalities, ecologists …

In this review, we present the current state of biodiversity knowledge for the class Staurozoa
(Cnidaria), including richness estimates, geographical and bathymetric distributions …

For some decades, the Mondego estuary has been under severe ecological stress, mainly
caused by eutrophication. The most visible effect was the occurrence of macroalgal blooms …

Due to low salinity and lack of hard substrata, the Baltic Sea and Kattegat area and German
and Danish North Sea coasts are characterized by a relatively low diversity of seaweeds. At …

The characteristics of detached macroalgae (drift) in nearby highly eutrophic and
mesotrophic estuaries in south-western Australia are compared to elucidate the magnitude …

Amphipods are one of the dominant epifaunal groups in seagrass meadows. However, our
understanding of the biogeographical patterns in the distribution of these small crustaceans …

Laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the longevity, and consequently also
the rafting capacity of the brown seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum …

Drifting algal mats are conglomerates of (usually) ephemeral filamentous algae that are
detached from their parent algal areas and end up forming clumps or mats of different sizes …

During this study, the effects of epiphytic filamentous algae on the survival of demersal
spawned fish eggs were investigated in one of the most important spawning grounds of …