The sea urchins Echinothrix calamaris and Echinothrix diadema have sympatric distributions
throughout the Indo-Pacific. Diverse colour variation is reported in both species. To …

Biomass is a key variable for understanding the stocks and flows of carbon and energy in
the environment. The quantification of megabenthos biomass (body size≥ 1 cm) has been …

The bioprospecting of sea anemone tissues and secretions has revealed that they are
natural libraries of polypeptides with diverse biological activities that can be utilized to …

Increases in sea surface temperature impact animal metabolism, which in turn could
influence benthic structure and resulting algal-coral balance. We utilized a long-term coral …

The calcitic spines of the sea urchins Heterocentrotus mamillatus and H. trigonarius are
promising role models for lightweight applications, bone tissue scaffolds and energy …

Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) plays a crucial role in the formation of biogenic
carbonates. It is widely accepted that ACC and organic macromolecules alter the fracture …

Survival and growth of new coral recruits is crucial for reef restoration, yet few details are
known about coral demography during the first several years post-settlement. We …

Herbivores influence the structure and function of ecosystems, especially in the marine
environment where ecosystems can be rapidly transformed due to the presence or absence …

This study attempts to advance the quantitative ecology of the megabenthos by (i) adopting
and developing the use of mass seabed photography, and by (ii) extending body-size-based …

From extracting nutrients to releasing energy, biological metabolism plays an integral role in
determining evolutionary patterns of organisms through geologic time. A previous study …