Benthic–pelagic coupling is manifested as the exchange of energy, mass, or nutrients
between benthic and pelagic habitats. It plays a prominent role in aquatic ecosystems, and it …

Cohesive sediment is an important component of aquatic environments, which must be
monitored and managed for environmental, engineering, and human health reasons. While …

Genetic identification of aqueous environmental DNA (eDNA) provides site occupancy
inferences for rare aquatic macrofauna that are often easier to obtain than direct …

The term 'bioturbation'is frequently used to describe how living organisms affect the
substratum in which they live. A closer look at the aquatic science literature reveals …

Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic
sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and …

The paper gives an overview of some of the large, shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems
(SECS) in Europe, These SECS are important both from the ecological and the economic …

▪ Abstract The direct effects of marine habitat disturbance by commercial fishing have been
well documented. However, the potential ramifications to the ecological function of seafloor …

Bioturbation refers to the biological reworking of soils and sediments, and its importance for
soil processes and geomorphology was first realised by Charles Darwin, who devoted his …

Sea cucumber aquaculture has flourished as a result of increasing demand coupled with
declining wild fisheries and has been facilitated by technical progress in the production and …

The biodiverse Neotropical ecoregion remains insufficiently assessed, poorly managed, and
threatened by unregulated human activities. Novel, rapid and cost-effective DNA-based …