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

The article presents data on the activity of the radionuclide 137 Cs in seawater, sediment,
macroalgae, and zoobenthos from different locations in Admiralty Bay, King George Island …

Olivella minuta is an abundant neogastropod on sandy beaches from Texas (USA) to
southern Brazil. This study aimed to characterize and compare the feeding activity and diet …

Antarctic sea stars can occupy different trophic niches and display different trophic levels,
but, while the impacts of their body size and environmental features on their trophic niches …

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 …

Olivella minuta is an abundant gastropod and important consumer on beach food webs,
whose feeding activity was recently demonstrated to be reduced when submerged. Our …

Describing ontogenetic morphological change is an important part of integrative taxonomy;
still, most taxonomic studies are based only on adult characters. Here, we provide …

Sea urchins play a key role in shallow rocky shores, acting as modulators of abundance,
density and species composition of macroalgae. In communities that host more than one …

On 2 dates, 15 and 17 July 2024, we deployed a 7-m otter trawl with 3-mm mesh in the
Matanzas River Estuary in northeast Florida. We caught a total of 3 Luidia senegalensis …

Coastal embayed areas are important sites for many benthic and nektonic organisms that
are being increasingly threatened by habitat degradation. The knowledge on the biology of …