14 elp forests dominate shallow rocky coasts in most cold-water marine environments
worldwide. Foundation species (sensu Dayton 1972) form the canopy of kelp forests, which …

The flow of detritus between habitats is an important form of connectivity that affects regional
productivity and the spatial organization of marine ecosystems. Kelps form highly productive …

Temperature imposes a constraint on the rates and outcomes of ecological processes that
determine community‐and ecosystem‐level patterns. The application of metabolic scaling …

Marine reserves provide a large‐scale experimental framework to investigate the effects of
fishing on food web dynamics and how they vary with environmental context. Because …

Regular sea urchins may be the single most important consumer affecting shallow marine
communities worldwide. Vast sea grass beds and kelp forests have been denuded by …

Despite the significance of marine habitat-forming organisms, little is known about their large-
scale distribution and abundance in deeper waters, where they are difficult to access. Such …

Many environmental monitoring works have been carried out using biomarkers as a tool to
identify the effects of oil contamination on marine organisms; however, only a few studies …

Canopy-forming kelps are foundation species in many coastal ecosystems, but kelp-forest
communities are subject to abrupt state changes caused by environmental drivers and …

Severe storm events are important agents of disturbance that can transport large quantities
of algal detritus from highly productive kelp beds (or forests) in shallow water to deeper …

Sea urchins may be the single most important consumer affecting shallow marine
communities worldwide. Vast seagrass beds and kelp forests have been denuded by …