Metacommunity ecology addresses the situation where sets of local communities are
connected by the dispersal of a number of potentially interacting species. Aquatic systems …

A pelagic larval stage is found in nearly all demersal marine teleost fishes, and it is during
this pelagic stage that the geographic scale of dispersal is determined. Marine biologists …

In coastal and estuarine systems, foundation species like seagrasses, mangroves,
saltmarshes or corals provide important ecosystem services. Seagrasses are globally …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Pervasive overharvesting of consumers and anthropogenic nutrient loading are changing
the strengths of top‐down and bottom‐up forces in ecosystems worldwide. Thus, identifying …

Scientists rely on food webs—complex networks that trace the flow of nutrients and energy
between species and through ecosystems—to understand the infrastructure of ecological …

By definition, a population is regulated if it persists for many generations with fluctuations
bounded above zero with high probability. Regulation thus requires density‐dependent …

Abstract “[F] or most of the past 50 My, Caribbean seagrass communities have had to
withstand heavy, sustained grazing pressure from several sympatric lineages of large …

Rocky intertidal ecosystems are characterized by marked zonation patterns in which species
replace one another along the vertical gradient of emersion time. Yet, we still do not fully …

Seagrass and seaweed habitats constitute hotspots for diversity and ecosystem services in
coastal ecosystems. These habitats are subject to anthropogenic pressures, of which …