MEPS Editorial Staff
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
International Ecology Institute, Nordbünte 23 (+3, 5, 28, 30), 21385 Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany
Tel: (+49) (0)4132 7127, Fax: (+49) (0)4132 8883
ASSOCIATE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Matthias Seaman (IR)
PRODUCTION EDITOR
John Austin (IR)
Assistants to the Editors
Ute Adam, Marita Bruns, Matthias Dirbach, Catherine Fesefeldt, Angela Fromm, Bernhard Fromm, Linda Froome-Döring, Ivor George, Thorben Gutknecht, Sandra Hammer, Marianne Hiller, Konstantin Kambach, Lars Litwin, Justin Mellersh, Susan Mühlbauer, William Neel, Claire Pritchard, Nathan Russell, Timothy St. Clair, Ian Stewart, Stephanie Suhr Sliester, Nicole Taros
Inter-Research (IR), Nordbünte 23 (+3, 5, 28, 30), 21385 Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany
Tel: (+49) (0)4132 7127, Fax: (+49) (0)4132 8883
Email: ir(at)int-res.com, Internet: www.int-res.com
Manuscripts may be sent to and processed by one of the Editors-In-Chief or one of the Contributing Editors.
All manuscripts (except Comments and 'As I See It') must pass through a rigorous review process involving at least 3 referees.
For details consult Mar Ecol Prog Ser 279:1
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale and Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali, University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto 163, 48100 Ravenna, Italy
Ecology of rocky coasts; macroalgae; disturbance, invasive species, biodiversity and conservation
lbenedetti(at)biologia.unipi.it
Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, Via A. Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Ecology of rocky shores, impact assessment and environmental conservation, biodiversity, experimental design
Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, USGS, 2538 The Mall, Edmondson Hall 165A, University of Hawaii at Monoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Coral-reef ecology; benthic ecology
Borsa P
Philippe.Borsa(at)noumea.ird.nc
IIRD - Génetique des Populations, BP A5 Anse Vata, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia (South Pacific)
Population genetics, phylogeography, molecular systematics, fishes, mussels, DNA polymorphisms, PCR markers
andrew.brierley(at)st-andrews.ac.uk
Pelagic Ecology Research Group, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK
Pelagic ecology; sea ice ecology; zooplankton; acoustic methods
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, 101 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
Coastal ecosystem ecology; trophic interactions; eutrophication; seagrass ecology
Directeur de Recherche, CEBC - CNRS, BP 14, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
Food and feeding ecology of top marine predators; pelagic ecosystem of the Austral Ocean; stable isotopes
School of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Qld., Australia
Reef ecology, fish ecology and evolution, coral reefs
Associate Director for Programs, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 60 West St, Suite 405, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA
Coastal and estuarine ecology, population ecology, fisheries, and aquaculture
steve.dawson(at)stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Department of Marine Science, Otago University, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
Ecology, behavior and acoustics of marine mammals
de Jonge VN (not currently accepting new manuscripts)
Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
Estuarine and coastal processes; algae and vascular plants; eutrophication; nutrient chemistry; effects of global change; conservation, restoration and management of coasts and estuaries
Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA
Coral reefs: cnidarian ecophysiology; subtidal benthic ecology
Dept of Applied Biology, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, The University, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
Structure and function of fish and benthic communities
Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
Trophic dynamics and energetics of crustacea and fishes, meiofauna ecology, ecological immunoassays, salt marsh ecology
Forster RM
Ecosystem Interactions, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, United Kingdom
Aquatic primary production; microphytobenthos; remote sensing of the coastal zone; effects of UV radiation
Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, PO Box 101, Victoria Road, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
Biological oceanography, bio-physical coupling, plankton ecology, modelling, ecology of fish early lifes stages
Roskilde University, Institute I, Life Sciences & Chemistry, PO Box 250, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Laboratory and in situ studies on zooplankton; secondary production (grazing, growth, energetics, feeding behaviour)
NOAA NMFS NEFSC, Narragansett Laboratory, 28 Tarzwell Road, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Fisheries oceanography, bio-physical coupling, connectivity, larval transport, larval ecology, fish ecology, fish age, growth, and survival, environment-fisheries interactions, stock structure
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, 101 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
Benthic ecology, emphasis on seagrass ecosystems
University of South Carolina, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Biomechanics; physiology; benthic and intertidal ecology; corals
Dept of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Ecological genomics, physiology ecology of invertebrates and fishes, climate change impacts
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, United Kingdom
Foraging behaviour; ecology of clonal and modular organisms
Eminent Scholar and Professor, Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology, Old Dominion University, 800 West 46th Street, Norfolk, VA 23508, USA
Quantitative ecology; fish population ecology; age-based spatial models; age- and space-based vital rates
Dept of Marine Science, University of South Alabama,
L S C B 25, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
Microbial ecology and the cycling of organic matter, sulfur, and nitrogen; DMSP and DMS cycling
Dept of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Physiological ecology of invertebrates
Dept of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1100 USA
Invertebrate reproduction and life history evolution, population biology
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
Conservation biology; marine reserves; predation, metapopulation and source-sink dynamics; ecosystem-based management; restoration ecology; benthic invertebrate population dynamics; fisheries ecology; crustaceans; mollusks
Wildlife Conservation Society, PO Box 99470, Mombasa 80107, Kenya
Coral reef ecology, fisheries management, system ecology and modeling
Department of Biology, University of Alabama, 109 Campbell Hall, 1530 3rd Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA
Invertebrates: chemical ecology, reproduction and nutrition, larval ecology, polar ecology
Galveston Laboratory, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 4700 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, USA
Estuarine ecology; habitat functions for nekton and benthic organisms; behavior and biology of penaeid shrimps and blue crabs
Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, PO Box 247, 2099 Westside Road, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA
Invertebrates: reproductive and larval ecology, life history and behavior; ecology of rocky shores
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, POBox 28, 647 Contees Wharf road, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA
Population and community ecology, larval recruitment, benthic invertebrates, and invasive species
UNCW Center for Marine Science, 5001 Masonboro Loop Road, Wilmington, NC 28409, USA
Marine chemical ecology of invertebrates; chemical induction of larval settlement; natural products
Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry 18.1, Roskilde University, POBox 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Seagrass; macroalgae; eco-physiology; population dynamics including plant-herbivore interactions and competition; experimental design
Institute of Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3407 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA
Marine benthic ecology; population biology
Peterson WT
NOAA NMFS NWFSC, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365, USA
Zooplankton, fisheries oceanography, upwelling ecosystems, climate effects
Alaska Science Center, USGS, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
Marine birds and mammals: feeding ecology, population dynamics, marine food webs, oil pollution effects, fishery interactions
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
Larval biology, biofilm, biofouling and antifouling, chemical ecology, molecular microbial ecology
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Fisheries & Oceans, 200 Kent Street, Stn 12S015, Ottawa, ON K1A OE6, Canada
Science policy; management of marine resources; ecosystem effects of human activities
Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet/ The Natural Science Faculty, Øster Voldgade 3,
1350 Københagen K/1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Phytoplankton: distributions, blooms, hydrographic features, chlorophyll, stratification, adaptations, primary production
The Queen's University of Belfast, Marine Biology Station, The Strand, Portaferry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Phytoplankton ecology; primary production; photosynthesis
Sherman K
US Dept of Commerce, NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Center, 28 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Fisheries ecology; fishery resources; zooplankton
Canada Research Chair in Boreal & Cold Ocean Systems, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's. NFLD A1C 5S7, Canada
Marine community ecology; larval ecology of fish and benthic invertebrates; biodiversity; hydrodynamic effects on benthic communities and populations, deep-sea ecology, disturbance and anthropogenic impacts
Biology Dept, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-001, USA
Ecological physiology of invertebrates and effects of pollutants
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, Departrment of Zoology, PO Box 34, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Fish population dynamics, distribution and the impacts of fishing on populations. Mediterranean fisheries; fish biogeography and climate change
NOAA Fisheries, NWFSC, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Fish ecology: population dynamics, larvae and recruitment, competition, predation; regime shifts; statistics and experimental design
Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, Marine Ecological Laboratory, A11, University of Sydney 2006, Australia
Experimental intertidal and subtidal ecology; behavior; life cycles of sessile invertebrates
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, USA
Plankton ecology and pelagic food web structure
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, PO Box 1002, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
Ecosytem modelling; primary production; phytoplankton ecology
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton, Swansea, United Kingdom
Role of seabirds in the marine environment: ecology, behaviour, distribution, foraging; recording systems attached to birds
REVIEW EDITORS
H. T. Harvey & Associates, 983 University Avenue
Building D, Los Gatos, California 95032, USA
Top levels of marine food webs, marine ornithology, marine mammalogy
Marine Corrosion & Materials Research Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
Biofouling, invertebrate larvae, phytoplankton ecology, coastal ecosystems
philippe_archambault(at)uqar.qc.ca
Institut des sciences de la mer (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310, allée des Ursulines, CP 3300, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
Benthic and rocky shore ecology; biodiversity; aquaculture–environment interactions
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5020, USA
Molluscan fisheries and ecology; larval dispersal and recruitment; marine population restoration
Marine Biology & Ecology Research Centre, Marine Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Estuarine ecology, seagrass ecology, benthic ecology, influence of climate on marine systems, coral-organism and mangrove-organism interactions
School of Oceanography, Box 357940, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA
Biological oceanography; plankton research
Barletta M
Laboratório de Ecologia de Ecossistemas Aquáticos, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550, Recife, PE, Brazil
Tropical and subtropical estuarine and coastal habitats, connectivity, fish ecology, environmental impacts
Peter.Beninger(at)univ-nantes.fr
Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Bivalve feeding; reproduction
Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, PO Box 447, Migdal 14 950, Israel
Phytoplankton ecology
Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de A Coruña, Apo. 130, 15080 A Coruña, Spain
Planktonic food webs and nitrogen cycles
Bonin P
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, de Géochimie et d 'Ecologie Marines (LMGEM), UMR 6117, 163 avenue de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France
Structure and diversity of marine microbial communities; nitrogen cycle
Dept of Biology, Åbo Akademie University, Environmental and Marine Biology, Akademigatan 1, 205 00 Turku/Åbo, Finland
Coastal, estuarine and brackish benthic ecosystems: experimentation; biodiversity; environmental impacts
The School of Biology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE71 7RU, United Kingdom
Effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbances on coral reefs
Marine Biology Research Division 0202, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, 9500 Gilman, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
Population genetics; evolutionary mechanisms in populations; biochemical and molecular genetic analyses of invertebrates
Dept de Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile
Rocky shore ecology and anthropogenic impacts; coastal management and conservation; shellfish and invertebrate predators
Chadwick N
Department of Biological Sciences, 101 Rouse Life Sciences Building, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830, USA
Fouling communities, reef-building corals, tunicates; symbioses; evolution; conservation
Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, Marine Ecology Laboratories A11, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Intertidal ecology, experimental design, impact assessment, restoration, mangroves, benthic ecology, urbanization, biodiversity
fcolijn(at)ftz-west.uni-kiel.de
FTZ, Hafentörn, 25761 Büsum, Germany
Primary production; biomass; algal species composition; instrumentation of measurements on phytoplankton and microphytobenthos
Ecosystèmes Lagunaires, Université Montpellier II, CC093, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Nitrogen metabolism of phytoplankton
sean.connell(at)adelaide.edu.au
Dept. of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
Macroecology; landscape ecology of urban habitats; disturbance; kelp forests
petercorkeron2000(at)yahoo.com.au
Woods Hole, MA, USA
Marine mammals: ecology, behaviour, management; ecosystem-based fisheries management
Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, PO Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528-6054, USA
Bivalve physiological ecology; estuarine and shallow marine ecosystems; reefs (bivalve, coral, worm, etc); ecosystem analysis and complexity
Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
Coastal ecology, conservation, anthropogenic impacts; sandy beaches; fisheries
Ocean Sciences Center, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NFLD A1C 5S7, Canada
Zooplankton ecology and nutrition, gelatinous organisms: ecology and physiology
UMR 5119 CNRS-Université Montpellier II 'Ecosystèmes lagunaires' Université Montpellier II, Case 093, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpelllier Cedex 05, France
Benthic microbial ecology; eutrophication and biogeochemical cycling; ecophysiological modelling of microorganisms
Graduate College of Marine Studies, Hugh R. Sharp Campus, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
Larval ecology of invertebrates
Dortch Q
NOAA Coastal Ocean Program, N/SC12, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3202, USA
Phytoplankton: physiological ecology; nutrient dynamics, eutrophication, harmful algal blooms
Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Mont-Joli, Québec G5H 3Z4, Canada
System level analyses
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, South Ferry Road
Narragansett RI 02882, USA
Zooplankton and fish ecology; food chain interactions
Eleftheriou A
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Benthos ecology, environmental impacts
Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
Early life history of fish and invertebrate larvae
Marine Biological Laboratory (University of Copenhagen), 3000 Helsingør, Denmark
Population biology; microbial ecology
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 180 McKown Point, PO Box 475, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04575-0475, USA
Zooplankton ecology; sensory biology, mechanoreception; fluid mechanics
Fisher JAD
Ocean Sciences Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive (P.O. Box 1006), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4A2 Canada
Fisheries ecology and conservation, intertidal and community ecology
nfisher(at)notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
Physiological ecology of phytoplankton
Gettysburg College, Dept of Biology, Gettysburg, PA 17325-1486, USA
Invertebrates; rocky intertidal; mud flat ecology; reproduction; neurophysiology
Dept of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113, Japan
Phytoplankton ecology; community structure; dynamics
Garcia Charton JA
Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Campus de Espinardo - Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Reef fish ecology and conservation; marine protected areas; environmental impact assessment; experimental design.
Marine Turtle Research Group, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom
Marine Turtle Biology: ecology, behaviour, distribution, status and conservation; particularly interested in satellite tracking
Dept. Biologia Animal (Vertebrats), Av Diagonal 645, Barcelona 08028, Spain
Pelagic ecology; seabird conservation
Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Strandpromenaden 5, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark
Protist and phytoplankton ecology
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Juneau Center , School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, 11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK 99801, USA
Fish ecology; trophic interactions
Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University,
1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
Seagrass fish assemblages
San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Coastal landscape ecology, predator-prey interactions, marine invertebrates
Hull C
Cindy.Hull(at)roaring40s.com.au
Roaring 40s, GPO Box 1484, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia
Foraging and breeding in seabirds, satellite telemetry
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355020, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Seabirds; marine mammals; their roles in carbon fluxes
Catriona.Hurd(at)botany.otago.ac.nz
Department of Botany, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seeweed nutrient physiology and ecology; hydrodynamics and biomechanics
Marine Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University, 45-045 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
Marine bird and mammal distributions and habitats
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn', Villa Comunale, 80121 Napels, Italy
Zooplankton ecophysiology, reproduction and development; chemical ecology of phytoplankton-zooplankton interactions
University of Maryland System, C E E S, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
Primary production and eutrophication, estuarine ecosystem metabolism
Kirby DS
Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia (South Pacific)
Fishes: fishery oceanography; behavioural ecology; population dynamics; modelling
Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
Sediment biogeochemistry; bioturbation; microbial ecology; mangrove ecology; ecology of marine benthos
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037-0227, USA
Food web interactions; zooplankton ecology
Department of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA
Phytoplankton ecology and physiology, nutrient and carbon biogeochemical cycling, aquatic optics
US Dept of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Div., 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Feeding ecology of deposit feeders; geochemistry of trace elements in sediments
Darwin Office, Australian Institute of Marine Science, PO Box No 40197, Casuarina MC, NT 0811, Australia
Ecology of fish larvae, sharks, and coral reefs
Australian Antarctic Division, Private Bag 77, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Ecological genetics of invertebrates; coral ecology; larval ecology
Département de biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada
Benthic ecology, recruitment and settlement processes, ecoethology
Royal Society Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratory, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter EX4 4PS, United Kingdom
Multivariate statistical analysis; coral bleaching; marine protected areas, coastal reef ecology; reef fish behaviour; fish population dynamics
School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan
Microbial biogeography
I.Nagelkerken(at)science.ru.nl
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Tropical fish community structure and trophic interactions; coral, mangrove and seagrass ecosystems
Institute of Marine Research, PO Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway
Fish biology, population dynamics, fisheries management
Noji T
NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 0773, USA
Ecosystem processes, zooplankton ecology
Menntun Consultoría Científica, Plaza de España 3, 5B, 32004 Palencia, Spain
Benthic ecology: energy flow and food webs, impact assessments, meiofauna
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Evolutionary, ecological, population and conservation genetics; marine mammals
Paris C
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy., Miami, FL 33149, USA
Biological oceanography: biophysical modeling; ichthyoplankton and recruitment
P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Nakhimovskii prospect, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Ecological physiology of zooplankton, life cycle strategies and diapause
Hamburg University, Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, Olbersweg 24, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
Ecology of fish early life stages, copepod vital rates, ecophysiology, individual based modelling of invertebrates and fishes
Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
Algal physiology, nutrients and photosynthesis, population interactions; effects of disturbance on coral reefs and reef fishes
Department of Biology , Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018, USA
Field experimental design, community ecology of rocky shores
Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, (DIP.TE.RIS.), Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy
Benthos population dynamics
Institute of Water and Environmental Resource Management, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Sydney 2007, NSW, Australia
Chlorophyll a fluorescence; coral bleaching; sea ice photosynhtesis; toxicology - algal; macroalgal physiology; seagrass physiology
Marine Biological Research Centre, University of Southern Denmark, Hindsholmsvej 11, 5300 Kerteminde, Denmark
Environmental effects, bioenergetics and filter-feeding in macroinvertebrates
Risk MJ
riskmj(at)univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Dept of Geology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
Coral reef ecology; soft bottom ecology; coastal processes
Ruttenberg B
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0218 USA
Reef fishes: life history, recruitment, biogeography; marine reserves
david.schiel(at)canterbury.ac.nz
Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Experimental marine ecology; marine plant/herbivore interactions; demography and ecology of algae; invertebrate fisheries; aquaculture
Shick JM
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5751, USA
Marine physiological ecology: oxygen toxicity and UV radiation stress in symbiotic invertebrates
Somarakis S
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Former U.S. Base, Gournes
P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Marine fisheries ecology: reproduction and early life history of fishes, small pelagic fishes; Mediterranean ecosystems
University of Los Lagos, I-MAR, PO Box 557, Puerto Mont, Chile
Soft bottom meio- and macrofauna; population and community ecology
School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Science and Director, Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Marine chemical ecology; fouling, antifouling and colonisation biology; bacterial biofilms; herbviory; seaweed ecology; prokaryote/eukaryote interaction
Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries, Institute and School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Zooplankton; sea ice ecology; food web dynamics
Centre de recherche sur les milieux insulaires et maritimes (CERMIM), Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), 37, chemin Central, Havre-aux-Maisons, Îles-de-la-Madeleine (QC), Canada G4T 5L9
Benthic ecology, meiofauna, environmental impact of aquaculture
Marine Science Department, University of South Alabama, Daupin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
Biotic processes and flow of energy among trophic levels; seagrass food webs
Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
Marine pollution and ecotoxicology; biogeochemistry of trace elements; physiological ecology of marine invertebrates; trophic interaction
Whitfield PE
NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516,
USA
Invasion ecology and biology; climate change effects in marine communities
Youngbluth M
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 U.S. 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
Biological oceanography with special emphasis on zooplankton ecology and behavior