Theme Sections

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Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems

Idea: Piatt JF, Sydeman WJ

Coordination: Sydeman WJ, Piatt JF, Browman HI

Contributors: Bond N, Byrd GV, Chmura A, Converse K, Daszak P, Drew GS, Frederiksen M, Harding AMA, Harvey JT, Howar J, Iverson SJ, Kettle AB, Kilpatrick AM, Kitaysky AS, Lammers E, Loeffel R, Mantua N, Mavor RA, Montevecchi WA, Nevins H, Newman SH, Nur N, Parrish JK, Patel N, Peterson WT, Piatt JF, Robinette DP, Schmutz JA, Shultz M, Speckman SG, Springer AM, Sydeman WJ, van Pelt TI, Wanless S, Wiese F, Wingfield JC

MEPS 352:199-309 | Complete Theme Section in pdf format (3.6 MB)

Piatt IJF, Sydeman WJ, Wiese F

Introduction: a modern role for seabirds as indicators

Frederiksen M, Mavor RA, Wanless S

Seabirds as environmental indicators: the advantages of combining data sets

Montevecchi WA

Binary dietary responses of northern gannets Sula bassana indicate changing food web and oceanographic conditions

Piatt JF, Harding AMA, Shultz M, Speckman SG, van Pelt TI, Drew GS, Kettle AB

Seabirds as indicators of marine food supplies: Cairns revisited

Iverson SJ, Springer AM, Kitaysky AS

Seabirds as indicators of food web structure and ecosystem variability: qualitative and quantitative diet analyses using fatty acids

Kitaysky AS, Piatt JF, Wingfield JC

Stress hormones link food availability and population processes in seabirds

Robinette DP, Howar J, Sydeman WJ, Nur N

Spatial patterns of recruitment in a demersal fish as revealed by seabird diet

Harding AMA, Piatt JF, Schmutz JA

Seabird behavior as an indicator of food supplies: sensitivity across the breeding season

Parrish JK, Bond N, Nevins H, Mantua N, Loeffel R, Peterson WT, Harvey JT

Beached birds and physical forcing in the California Current System

Springer AM, Byrd GV, Iverson SJ

Hot oceanography: planktivorous seabirds reveal ecosystem responses to warming of the Bering Sea

Newman SH, Chmura A, Converse K, Kilpatrick AM, Patel N, Lammers E, Daszak P

Aquatic bird disease and mortality as an indicator of changing ecosystem health

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Role of scavengers in marine ecosystems

Idea and coordination: King NJ, Bailey DM, Priede IG, Browman HI

Contributors: Atema J, Babcock R, Bailey D, Butler J, Cappo M, De'ath G, Ditlevsen S, Edwards AE, Farnsworth K, Furness RW, Gladstone W, Hall N, Harvey E, Heagney E, Kaiser M, Kendrick G, King N, Lindfield S, Lynch TP, Malcolm HA, Mellon D, Oro D, Priede M, Raymond E, Speare P, Suthers I, Thygesen U, Webster D, Widder E, Wraith J

MEPS 350:175-298 | Complete Theme Section in pdf format (13.2 MB)

King NJ, Bailey DM, Priede IG

Introduction

Bailey DM, King NJ, Priede IG

Cameras and carcasses: historical and current methods for using artificial food falls to study deep-water animals

Barry JP, Drazen JC

Response of deep-sea scavengers to ocean acidification and the odor from a dead grenadier

Cappo M, De’ath G, Speare P

Inter-reef vertebrate communities of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park determined by baited remote underwater video stations

Farnsworth KD, Thygesen UH, Ditlevsen S, King NJ

How to estimate scavenger fish abundance using baited camera data

Furness RW, Edwards AE, Oro D

Influence of management practices and of scavenging seabirds on availability of fisheries discards to benthic scavengers

Harvey ES, Cappo M, Butler JJ, Hall N, Kendrick GA

Bait attraction affects the performance of remote underwater video stations in assessment of demersal fish community structure

Heagney EC, Lynch TP, Babcock RC, Suthers IM

Pelagic fish assemblages assessed using mid-water baited video: standardising fish counts using bait plume size

Kaiser MJ, Hiddink JG

Food subsidies from fisheries to continental shelf benthic scavengers

Malcolm HA, Gladstone W, Lindfield S, Wraith J, Lynch TP

Spatial and temporal variation in reef fish assemblages of marine parks in New South Wales, Australia—baited video observations

Raymond EH, Widder EA

Behavioral responses of two deep-sea fish species to red, far-red, and white light

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Advances in modelling physical-biological interactions in fish early life history

Idea and coordination: Gallego A, North EW, Petitgas P, Browman HI

Contributors: Ådlandsvik B, Botte V, Brickman D, Chen C, Chérubin LM, Christensen A, Cowen RK, Cowles G, Daewel U, Fiksen Ø, Gallego A, Hannah CG, Huret M, Huse G, Hutchings L, Jensen H, Jørgensen C, Korotenko K, Kristiansen T, Leis JM, Lett C, MacKenzie BR, Mariani P, Marteinsdottir G, Miller TJ, Mosegaard H, North EW, Osborn T, Paris CB, Peck MA, Petitgas P, Pringle JM, Runge JA, Schrum C, Sentchev A, St John M, Taylor L, Thygesen UH, van der Lingen CD, Veitch J, Vikebø F, Visser AW, Xu Q

Gallego A, North EW, Petitgas P

Introduction: status and future of modelling physical-biological interactions during the early life of fishes

Miller TJ

Contribution of individual-based coupled physical-biological models to understanding recruitment in marine fish populations

Osborn T

Applicability of turbulence measurement technology to small-scale plankton studies

Thygesen UH, Ådlandsvik B

Simulating vertical turbulent dispersal with finite volumes and binned random walks

Mariani P, MacKenzie BR, Visser AW, Botte V

Individual-based simulations of larval fish feeding in turbulent environments

Peck MA, Daewel U

Physiologically based limits to food consumption, and individual-based modeling of foraging and growth of larval fishes

Leis JM

Behaviour as input for modelling dispersal of fish larvae: behaviour, biogeography, hydrodynamics, ontogeny, physiology and phylogeny meet hydrography

Fiksen Ø, Jørgensen C, Kristiansen T, Vikebø F, Huse G

Linking behavioural ecology and oceanography: larval behaviour determines growth, mortality and dispersal

Vikebø F, Jørgensen C, Kristiansen T, Fiksen Ø

Drift, growth, and survival of larval Northeast Arctic cod with simple rules of behaviour

Christensen A, Daewel U, Jensen H, Mosegaard H, St John M, Schrum C

Hydrodynamic backtracking of fish larvae by individual-based modelling

Sentchev A, Korotenko K

Modelling distribution of flounder larvae in the eastern English Channel: sensitivity to physical forcing and biological behaviour

Lett C, Veitch J, van der Lingen CD, Hutchings L

Assessment of an environmental barrier to transport of ichthyoplankton from the southern to the northern Benguela ecosystems

Huret M, Runge JA, Chen C, Cowles G, Xu Q, Pringle JM

Dispersal modeling of fish early life stages: sensitivity with application to Atlantic cod in the western Gulf of Maine

Brickman D, Marteinsdottir G, Taylor L

Formulation and application of an efficient optimized biophysical model

Paris CB, Chérubin LM, Cowen RK

Surfing, spinning, or diving from reef to reef: effects on population connectivity

Hannah CG

Future directions in modelling physical-biological interactions

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Disentangling the causes of maturation trends in exploited fish populations

Idea and coordination: Marshall CT, Browman HI

Contributors: U. Dieckmann, M.A. Fukuwaka, M. Heino, S. B. M. Kraak, R. Law, C. T. Marshall, B. J. McAdam, K. Morita, J. E. Thorpe, P. J. Wright

Marshall CT, Browman HI

Introduction

Dieckmann U, Heino M

REVIEW: Probabilistic maturation reaction norms: their history, strengths, and limitations

Law R

Fisheries-induced evolution: present status and future directions

Wright PJ

Understanding the maturation process for field investigations of fisheries-induced evolution

Thorpe JE

Maturation responses of salmonids to changing developmental opportunities

Morita K, Fukuwaka MA

Why age and size at maturity have changed in Pacific salmon

Kraak SBM

Does the probabilistic maturation reaction norm approach disentangle phenotypic plasticity from genetic change?

Marshall CT, McAdam BJ

Integrated perspectives on genetic and environmental effects on maturation can reduce potential for errors of inference

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Introducing genomics, proteomics and metabolomics in marine ecology

Idea and coordination: S. C. Johnson, H. I. Browman

Contributors: H. I. Browman, D. Burg, R. Cavicchioli, D. L. Distel, S. Dupont, S. Egan, G. E. Hofmann, S. C. Johnson, J. L López, H. Nakano, C. Ng, B. L. Nunn, M. Obst, S. P. Place, H. Sköld, T. Thomas, M. C. Thorndyke, A. T. Timperman, L. Ting, M. R. Viant, K. Wilson,

Johnson SC, Browman HI

Introduction

Hofmann GE, Place SP

Genomics-enabled research in marine ecology: challenges, risks and pay-offs

Dupont S, Wilson K, Obst M, Sköld H, Nakano H, Thorndyke MC

Marine ecological genomics: when genomics meets marine ecology

López JL

Applications of proteomics in marine ecology

Nunn BL, Timperman AT

Marine proteomics

Thomas T, Egan S, Burg D, Ng C, Ting L, Cavicchioli R

Integration of genomics and proteomics into marine microbial ecology

Viant MR

Metabolomics of aquatic organisms: the new ‘omics’ on the block

Distel DL

Molecular biorepositories and biomaterials management: enhancing the value of highthroughput molecular methodologies for the natural sciences

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Ocean biodiversity informatics (OBI)

Idea and coordination: M. J. Costello, E. Vanden Berghe, H. I. Browman

Contributors: C. Arvanitidis, J. D. Bartley, B. D. Best, P. Bouchet, H. I. Browman, R. W. Buddemeier, M. J. Costello, M. S. Coyne, L. B. Crowder, A. Eleftheriou, C. S. Emblow, M. C. Fabri, S. Faulwetter, D. G. Fautin, S. A. Freeman, E. Fujioka, J. Galéron, B. Galil, P. Gotsis, J. M. Guinotte, P. N. Halpin, K. D. Hyrenbach, A. Iqbal, K. Kaschner, I. Kirmtzoglou, M. S. Kitsos, M. Lamboeuf, M. Larour, A. Legakis, J. Lleonart, G. Maudire, N. Papageorgiou, D. Pauly, A. Petrov, A. J. Read, P. C. Reid, A. J. Richardson, C. Spoerri, Stevens, D. Tacone. t. M, A. W. Trites, V. D. Valavanis, E. Vande. n. Berghe, R. Watson, A. Zenetos

Costello MJ, Vanden Berghe E, Browman HI

Introduction

Costello MJ, Vanden Berghe E

‘Ocean biodiversity informatics’: a new era in marine biology research and management

Fabri MC, Galéron J, Larour M, Maudire G

Combining the Biocean database for deep-sea benthic data with the online Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Arvanitidis C, Valavanis VD, Eleftheriou A, Costello MJ, Faulwetter S, Gotsis P, Kitsos MS, Kirmtzoglou I, Zenetos A, Petrov A, Galil B, Papageorgiou N

MedOBIS: biogeographic information system for the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea

Lleonart J, Taconet M, Lamboeuf M

Integrating information on marine species identification for fishery purposes

Halpin PN, Read AJ, Best BD, Hyrenbach KD, Fujioka E, Coyne MS, Crowder LB, Freeman SA, Spoerri C

OBIS-SEAMAP: developing a biogeographic research data commons for the ecological studies of marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles

Stevens D, Richardson AJ, Reid PC

Continuous Plankton Recorder database: evolution, current uses and future directions

Costello MJ, Bouchet P, Emblow CS, Legakis A

European marine biodiversity inventory and taxonomic resources: state of the art and gaps in knowledge

Guinotte JM, Bartley JD, Iqbal A, Fautin DG, Buddemeier RW

Modeling habitat distribution from organism occurrences and environmental data: case study using anemonefishes and their sea anemone hosts

Kaschner K, Watson R, Trites AW, Pauly D

Mapping world-wide distributions of marine mammal species using a relative environmental suitability (RES) model

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Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function: empirical approaches and future research needs

Idea and coordination: M. Solan, D. G. Raffaelli, D. M. Paterson, P. C. L. White, G. J. Pierce

Contributors: P. Batty, M. T. Bulling, J. E. Byrnes, V. Créach, J. E. Duffy, B. E. Feist, R. M. Forster, C. J. Harvey, J. S. Hong, E. N. Ieno, R. L. Marinelli, S. Naeem, D. M. Paterson, G. J. Pierce, D. G. Raffaelli, J. L. Ruesink, K. Sabbe, M. Solan, J. J. Stachowicz, L. J. Stal, A. C. Trimble, W. Vyverman, G. G. Waldbusser, P. C. L. White, L. M. Wisehart

Solan M, Raffaelli DG, Paterson DM, White PCL, Pierce GJ

Introduction

Duffy JE, Stachowicz JJ

Why biodiversity is important to oceanography: potential roles of genetic, species, and trophic diversity in pelagic ecosystem processes

Forster RM, Créach V, Sabbe K, Vyverman W, Stal LJ

Biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in microphytobenthic diatoms of the Westerschelde estuary

Ruesink JL, Feist BE, Harvey CJ, Hong JS, Trimble AC, Wisehart LM

Changes in productivity associated with four introduced species: ecosystem transformation of a ‘pristine’ estuary

Waldbusser GG, Marinelli RL

Macrofaunal modification of porewater advection: role of species function, species interaction, and kinetics

Duffy JE

Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems

Stachowicz JJ, Byrnes JE

Species diversity, invasion success, and ecosystem functioning: disentangling the influence of resource competition, facilitation, and extrinsic factors

Ieno EN, Solan M, Batty P, Pierce GJ

How biodiversity effects ecosystem functioning: roles of infaunal species richness, identity and density in the marine benthos

Naeem S

Expanding scales in biodiversity-based research: challenges and solutions for marine systems

Raffaelli D

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: issues of scale and trophic complexity

Bulling MT, White PCL, Raffaelli D, Pierce GJ

Using model systems to address the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning process

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Bridging the gap between aquatic and terrestrial ecology

Idea and coordination: Konstantinos I. Stergiou, Howard I. Browman

Contributors: E. Ayes, V. Behan-Pelletier, H.I. Browman, J. J. Cole, A. P. Covich, J. M. Durant, J. M. Halley, D. Ø. Hjermann , A. Mysterud, G. Ottersen, R. T. Paine, D. Raffaelli, P. V. R. Snelgrove, M. Solan, N. C. Stenseth, K. I. Stergiou, A. J. Underwood, D. H. Wall, T. J. Webb

Stergiou KI, Browman HI

Introduction

Cole JJ

Communication between terrestrial and marine ecologists: loud, sometimes abrasive, but healthy and occasionally useful

Halley JM

Comparing aquatic and terrestrial variability: at what scale do ecologists communicate?

Paine RT

Cross environment talk in ecology: fact or fantasy?

Raffaelli D, Solan M, Webb TJ

Do marine and terrestrial ecologists do it differently?

Stenseth NC, Mysterud A, Durant JM, Hjermann DØ, Ottersen G

Uniting ecologists into a smooth, tasty and potent blend

Stergiou KI, Browman HI

Imbalances in the reporting and teaching of ecology from limnetic, oceanic and terrestrial domains

Underwood AJ

Intertidal ecologists work in the ‘gap’ between marine and terrestrial ecology

Wall DH, Ayes E, Behan-Pelletier V, Covich AP, Snelgrove PVR

Soils, freshwater and marine sediments: the need for integrative landscape science

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Politics and socio-economics of ecosystem-based management of marine resources

Idea and coordination: Howard I. Browman, Konstantinos I. Stergiou

Contributors: T. Agardy , H. I. Browman, V. Christensen, A. Duda , D. Fluharty, G. Hempel , M. F. Hirshfield, C. Ibe , S. Levin, D. Lluch-Belda, P. A. Livingston, G. Matishov , J. McGlade , K. L. McLeod, R. Metzner, O. A. Misund , M. O’Toole , J. C. Rice, A. A. Rosenberg , S. Seitzinger, R. Serra, K. Sherman, K. Short, M. Sissenwine, H. R. Skjoldal, K. I. Stergiou, U. R. Sumaila, Q. Tang , J. Thulin, S. Tudela , G. Valdimarsson , V. Vandeweerd , W. M. Watson-Wright, K. Zwanenburg, W. M. Watson-Wright

Browman HI, Stergiou KI

Introduction

Agardy T

Global marine conservation policy versus site-level implementation: the mismatch of scale and its implications

Fluharty D

Evolving ecosystem approaches to management of fisheries in the USA

Hirshfield MF

Implementing the ecosystem approach: making ecosystems matter

Livingston PA

PICES’ role in integrating marine ecosystem research in the North Pacific

Misund OA, Skjoldal HR

Implementing the ecosystem approach: experiences from the North Sea, ICES, and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway

Rice JC

Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management—asynchronous co-evolution at the interface between science and policy

Rosenberg AA, McLeod KL

Implementing ecosystem-based approaches to management for the conservation of ecosystem services

Sherman K, Sissenwine M, Christensen V, Duda A, Hempel G, Ibe C, Levin S, Lluch-Belda D, Matishov G, McGlade J, O’Toole M, Seitzinger S, Serra R, Skjoldal HR, Tang Q, Thulin J, Vandeweerd V, Zwanenburg K

A global movement toward an ecosystem approach to management of marine resources

Sumaila UR

Differences in economic perspectives and implementation of ecosystem-based management of marine resources

Tudela S, Short K

Paradigm shifts, gaps, inertia, and political agendas in ecosystem-based fisheries management

Valdimarsson G, Metzner R

Aligning incentives for a successful ecosystem approach to fisheries management

Watson-Wright WM

Policy and science: different roles in the pursuit of solutions to common problems

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Sensory biology: linking the internal and external ecologies of marine organisms

Idea and coordination: Marc J. Weissburg, Howard I. Browman

Contributors: F. Bonadonna, T. E. Dennis, D. M. Fields, J. M. Hemmi, D. M. Higgs, S. Johnsen, K. S. Mead, J. Mogdans, G. A. Nevitt, M. M. Walker, M. J. Weissburg, J. Zeil

Weissburg MJ

Introduction

Browman HI

Applications of sensory biology in marine ecology and aquaculture

Fields DM, Weissburg MJ

Evolutionary and ecological significance of mechanosensor morphology: copepods as a model system

Hemmi JM, Zeil J

Animals as prey: perceptual limitations and behavioural options

Higgs DM

Auditory cues as ecological signals for marine fishes

Johnsen S

Visual ecology on the high seas

Mead KS

Reception before perception: how fluid flow affects odor signal encounter by olfactory sensors

Mogdans J

Adaptations of the fish lateral line for the analysis of hydrodynamic stimuli

Nevitt GA, Bonadonna F

Seeing the world through the nose of a bird: new developments in the sensory ecology of procellariiform seabirds

Walker MM, Dennis TE

Role of the magnetic sense in the distribution and abundance of marine animals

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Peer review: journal articles versus research proposals

Coordination: Hans Ulrik Riisgård

Contributors: H. Barth, P. S. Larsen, P. Roepstorff, F. Boero, J. Dolan, U. Sommer, V. Zupo, J. Vermaat, T. R. Anderson, R. T. Kneib, B. Aa. Lomstein, I. Jenkinson, S. E. Shumway

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Perspectives on ecosystem-based approaches to the management of marine resources

Coordination: Browman HI, Stergiou KI

Contributors to Theme Section: H. I. Browman, P. M. Cury, R. Hilborn, S. Jennings, H. K. Lotze, P. M. Mace, S. Murawski, D. Pauly, M. Sissenwine, K. I. Stergiou, D. Zeller

Browman HI, Stergiou KI

Introduction

Browman HI, Stergiou KI

Marine Protected Areas as a central element of ecosystem-based management: defining their location, size and number

Cury PM

Tuning the ecoscope for the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

Hilborn R

Ecosystem-based fisheries management: the carrot or the stick?

Jennings S

The ecosystem approach to fishery management: a significant step towards sustainable use of the marine environment?

Lotze HK

Repetitive history of resource depletion and mismanagement: the need for a shift in perspective

Mace PM

In defence of fisheries scientists, single-species models and other scapegoats: confronting the real problems

Sissenwine M, Murawski S

Moving beyond 'intelligent tinkering': Advancing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

Zeller D, Pauly D

The future of fisheries: from 'exclusive' resource policy to 'inclusive' public policy

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Emergent properties of complex marine systems: a macroecological perspective

Coordination: Andrea Belgrano

Contributors to Theme Section: A. Belgrano, J. A. Dunne, Z. V. Finkel, D. Grünbaum, H. Hillebrand, D. Ø. Hjermann, A. J. Irwin, M. Lima, N. D. Martinez, G. Ottersen, J. K. Parrish, O. Schofield, N. C. Stenseth, S. V. Viscido, R. J. Williams

Belgrano A

Foreword

Hjermann DØ, Stenseth NC, Ottersen G

Indirect climatic forcing of the Barents Sea capelin: a cohort effect

Viscido SV, Parrish JK, Grünbaum D

Individual behavior and emergent properties of fish schools: a comparison of observation and theory

Hillebrand H

Strength, slope and variability of marine latitudinal gradients

Finkel ZV, Irwin AJ, Schofield O

Resource limitation alters the 3/4 size scaling of metabolic rates in phytoplankton

Belgrano A, Lima M, Stenseth NC

Non-linear dynamics in marine-phytoplankton population systems

Dunne JA, Williams RJ, Martinez ND

Network structure and robustness of marine food webs

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Quality in science publishing

Coordination: Howard I. Browman, David Seán Kirby

Contributors: H. H. Bauer, H. I. Browman, B. P. Dancik, G. Dresser, J. S. Gray, P. J. B. Hart, D. S. Kirby, J. C. Roff, A. J. Underwood

Bauer HH

Between the Scylla of hidebound conservatism and the Charybdis of mindless speculation

Browman HI

The rules of the game in science publishing

Dancik BP

Achieving and maintaining quality in scientific publishing

Dresser G

The role of printers and publishers in 21st century scholarly publishing

Gray JS

Ethical responsibilities of referees

Hart PJB

Electronic publishing of science and the maintenance of quality

Kirby DS

Accountability, quality and efficiency in the information age

Roff JC

Maintaining quality is primarily the role of the editor

Underwood AJ

It would be better to create and maintain quality rather than worrying about its measurement

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Restoration scaling in the marine environment

Coordination: Charles H. Peterson, Ronald T. Kneib

Contributors: J. Catena, J. S. Cobb, J. T. DeAlteris, M. Donlan, D. F. French McCay, M. Gibson, J. H. Grabowski, C. Hebert, R. T. Kneib, W. J. Lindberg, R. N. Lipcius, C. A. Manen, C. H. Peterson, S. P. Powers, J. J. Rowe, M. Sperduto

Peterson CH, Kneib RT, Manen CA

Scaling restoration actions in the marine environment to meet quantitative targets of enhanced ecosystem services

French McCay DP, Gibson M, Cobb JS

Scaling restoration of American lobsters: combined demographic and discounting model for an exploited species

French McCay DP, Peterson CH, DeAlteris JT, Catena J

Restoration that targets function as opposed to structure: replacing lost bivalve production and filtration

Donlan M, Sperduto M, Hebert C

Compensatory mitigation for injury to a threatened or endangered species: scaling piping plover restoration

Sperduto MB, Powers SP, Donlan M

Scaling restoration to achieve quantitative enhancement of loon, seaduck, and other seabird populations

French McCay DP, Rowe JJ

Habitat restoration as mitigation for lost production at multiple trophic levels

Peterson CH, Grabowski JH, Powers SP

Estimated enhancement of fish production resulting from restoring oyster reef habitat: quantitative valuation

Powers SP, Grabowski JH, Peterson CH, Lindberg WJ

Estimating enhancement of fish production by offshore artificial reefs: uncertainty exhibited by divergent scenarios

Kneib RT

Bioenergetic and landscape considerations for scaling expectations of nekton production from intertidal marshes

Peterson CH, Lipcius RN

Conceptual progress towards predicting quantitative ecosystem benefits of ecological restorations

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Misuse of the peer review system: time for countermeasures?

Coordination: Hans Ulrik Riisgård

Contributors: O. Kinne, T. Fenchel, E. Fee, R. Hesslein, J. Elser, M. Scranton, J. Cole, N. Hairston, E. Canuel, R. Glud, C. Nielsen, P. Beninger, R. Waagbø, G. I. Hemre, G. Hulata, T. Høisæter, D. McLusky, R. Kneib, S. Shumway, R. Warwick, L. Hagerman, P. S. Larsen, J. Ott, P. C. Dworschak, F. Boero, J. M. Gili, K. Philippart, M. Seaman

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Nearshore vertebrate predators: constraints to recovery from oil pollution

Coordination: Charles H. Peterson

Contributors: B. E. Ballachey, J. L. Bodkin, T. D. Bowman, T. A. Dean, D. Esler, J. B. Fischer, A. K. Fukuyama, G. H. Golet, L. Holland-Bartels, D. B. Irons, S. C. Jewett, K. J. Kuletz, L. McDonald, D. A. McGuire, D. H. Monson, S. H. Newman, C. E. O'Clair, C. H. Peterson, D. D. Roby, P. E. Seiser, K. A. Trust, G. R. VanBlaricom

Peterson CH, Holland-Bartels L

Chronic impacts of oil pollution in the sea: risks to vertebrate predators

Bodkin JL, Ballachey BE, Dean TA, Fukuyama AK, Jewett SC, McDonald L, Monson DH, O'Clair CE, VanBlaricom GR

Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill

Dean TA, Bodkin JL, Fukuyama AK, Jewett SC, Monson DH, O'Clair CE, VanBlaricom GR

Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill

Esler D, Bowman TD, Trust KA, Ballachey BE, Dean TA, Jewett SC, Charles O'Clair CE

Harlequin duck population recovery following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill: progress, process and constraints

Golet GH, Seiser PE, McGuire AD, Roby DD, Fischer JB, Kuletz KJ, Irons DB, Dean TA, Jewett SC, Newman SH

Long-term direct and indirect effects of the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill on pigeon guillemots in Prince William Sound, Alaska

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The Red Sea Programme

Coordination: Gotthilf Hempel, Claudio Richter

Contributors: S. Al-Moghrabi, T. Al-Najjar, M. Al-Qutob, S. Al-Rousan, M. I. Badran, U. G. Berninger, R. Böttger-Schnack, A. Cornils, Z. Dedej, M. El-Absawi, M. El-Gharabawi, A. El-Naggar, R. Gottlieb, H. P. Grossart, W. Hagen, T. Hansen, C. Häse, M. Huettel, M. A. Khalaf, M. Kochzius, H. Li, B. Lazar, J. Pätzold, A. F. Post, M. Rasheed, C. Richter, S. B. Schnack-Schiel, M. Simon, U. Sommer, H. Stibor, D. Stübing, D. N. Thomas, M. M. Tilzer, G. Wefer, S. Wickham

Hempel G, Richter C

The Red Sea Programme: sailing a nutshell of hope in Red Sea waters

Al-Qutob M, Häse C, Tilzer MM, Lazar B

Phytoplankton drives nitrite dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Post AF, Dedej Z, Gottlieb R, Li H, Thomas DN, El-Absawi M, El-Naggar A, El-Gharabawi M, Sommer U

Spatial and temporal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the stratified Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Sommer U, Berninger UG, Böttger-Schnack R, Cornils A, Hagen W, Hansen T, Al-Najjar T, Post AF, Schnack-Schiel SB, Stibor H, Stübing D, Wickham S

Grazing during early spring in the Gulf of Aqaba and the northern Red Sea

Grossart HP, Simon M

Bacterioplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba and the northern Red Sea in early spring

Rasheed M, Badran MI, Richter C, Huettel M

Effect of reef framework and bottom sediment on nutrient enrichment in a coral reef of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Khalaf MA, Kochzius M

Changes in trophic community structure of shore fishes at an industrial site in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Al-Rousan S, Al-Moghrabi S, Pätzold J, Wefer G

Environmental and biological effects on the stable oxygen isotope records of corals in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

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Future marine zooplankton research - a perspective

Coordination: Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer

Participating scientists: U. Bathmann, M. H. Bundy, M. E. Clarke, T. J. Cowles, K. Daly, H. G. Dam, M. M. Dekshenieks, P. L. Donaghay, D. M. Gibson, D. J. Gifford, B. W. Hansen, D. K. Hartline, E. J. H. Head, E. E. Hofmann, R. R. Hopcroft, R. A. Jahnke, S. H. Jonasdottir, T. Kiørboe, G. S. Kleppel, J. M. Klinck, P. M. Kremer, M. R. Landry, R. F. Lee, P. H. Lenz, L. P. Madin, D. T. Manahan, M. G. Mazzocchi, D. J. McGillicuddy, C. B. Miller, J. R. Nelson, T. R. Osborn, G.-A. Paffenhöfer, R. E. Pieper, I. Prusova, M. R. Roman, S. Schiel, H. E. Seim, S. L. Smith, J. J. Torres, P. G. Verity, S. G. Wakeham, K. F. Wishner

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Who needs symposium proceedings?

Coordination: Giere Olaf

Contributors: O. Giere, F. Boero, E. Bonsdorff, T. Fenchel, C. Heip, P. Herman, J. Middelburg, G. Liebezeit

Giere O

The significance of symposium proceedings requires critical attention

Boero F

More space for provocative ideas!

Bonsdorff E

Maybe 'Proceedings' are important after all?

Fenchel T

Symposium proceedings--only a part of the problem

Heip C, Herman P, Middelburg J

The coin has two sides

Liebezeit G

Symposium proceedings: is quality community-size-related?

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'Evolution' of fisheries science

Coordination: Howard I. Browman

Contributors: H. I. Browman, J. A. Hutchings, D. O. Conover, K. Stokes, R. Law, C. Walters

Browman HI

Application of evolutionary theory to fisheries science and stock assessment management

Hutchings JA

Numerical assessment in the front seat, ecology and evolution in the back seat: time to change drivers in fisheries and aquatic sciences?

Conover DO

Darwinian fishery science

Stokes K, Law R

Fishing as an evolutionary force

Walters C

Natural selection for predation avoidance tactics: implications for marine population and community dynamics

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Marine Chemical Ecology

Coordination: Josef R. Pawlik

Contributors: M. Assmann, G. L. Cetrulo, R. de Nys, S. Engel, C. M. Finelli, M. E. Hay, M. Köck, P. J. Krug, E. Lichte, V. J. Paul, J. R. Pawlik, M. P. Puglisi, M. Slattery, P. D. Steinberg, J. T. Wright, R. K. Zimmer

Pawlik JR

Marine chemical ecology

Wright JT, de Nys R, Steinberg PD

Geographic variation in halogenated furanones from the red alga Delisea pulchra and associated herbivores and epiphytes

Cetrulo GL, Hay ME

Activated chemical defenses in tropical versus temperate seaweeds

Assmann M, Lichte E, Pawlik JR, Köck M

Chemical defenses of the Caribbean sponges Agelas wiedenmayeri and Agelas conifera

Puglisi MP, Paul VJ, Slattery M

Biogeographic comparisons of chemical and structural defenses of the Pacific gorgonians Annella mollis and A. reticulata

Engel S, Pawlik JR

Allelopathic activities of sponge extracts

Krug PJ, Zimmer RK

Larval settlement: chemical markers for tracing production, transport, and distribution of a waterborne cue

Finelli CM

Velocity and concentration distributions in turbulent odor plumes in the presence of vegetation mimics: a flume study

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The peer-review system: time for re-assessment?

Coordination: Hans Ulrik Riisgård

Contributors: G. Quinn, E. Fee, P. S. Larsen, S. E. Shumway, J. M. Gili, T. Kiørboe, L. Hagerman, P. Beninger, A. Tessier, C. Duarte, J. Raven, J. J. Middelburg, M. Lesser, A. Grémare, J. Cole, O. N. Larsen, J. J. Beukema, K. Reise, D. Canfield, O. Kinne

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Negative results

(published in MEPS Vol. 191 December 30, 1999)

Coordination: Howard I. Browman

Contributors: Browman HI, Ruse M, Allchin D, Hull DL, Underwood AJ

Browman HI

The uncertain position, status and impact of negative results in marine ecology: philosophical and practical considerations

Ruse M

When is a negative result anomalous?

Allchin D

Negative results as positive knowledge, and zeroing in on significant problems

Hull DL

The role of negative evidence in science

Underwood AJ

Publication of so-called 'negative' results in marine ecology

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(Originally termed "Comments Section")

Predator-prey interactions in the sea: commentaries on the role of turbulence

Coordination: Howard I. Browman

Contributors: J. H. Costello, H. I. Browman, T. Osborn, A. Scotti, A. B. Skiftesvik, J. R. Strickler, S. Sundby, H. Yamazaki

Browman HI

Predator-prey interactions in the sea: commentaries on the role of turbulence

Osborn T, Scotti A

Effect of turbulence on predator-prey contact rates: where do we go from here?

Yamazaki H

Turbulence problems for planktonic organisms

Sundby S

Turbulence-induced contact rates in plankton: the issue of scales

Strickler JR, Costello JH

Calanoid copepod behavior in turbulent flows

Browman HI, Skiftesvik AB

Effects of turbulence on the predation cycle of fish larvae: comments on some of the issues

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(Originally termed "Comments Section")

Commentaries on current research trends in recruitment studies

Coordination: Howard I. Browman

Contributors: H. I. Browman, D. H. Cushing, E. M. DeBlois, B. Ellertsen, P. Fossum, W. C. Leggett, R. A. Myers, P. Solemdal, S. Sundby

Browman HI

Introduction

Cushing DH

A comment on Leggett & DeBlois

Ellertsen B, Fossum P, Solemdal P, Sundby S

The 'critical period' concept — a century of recruitment research

Myers RA

Recruitment of marine fish: the relative roles of density-dependent and density-independent mortality in the egg, larval, and juvenile stages

Leggett WC, DeBlois EM

Researching recruitment — where to now?