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Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Science, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Canada Research Chair in Boreal & Cold Ocean Systems, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK
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lbenedetti(at)biologia.unipi.it
Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, Via A. Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Rocky shores, impact assessment and environmental conservation, biodiversity, experimental design
Antonio M. Bode
Centro Oceanografico de A Coruña, Apdo 130, 15080 A Coruña, Spain
Planktonic food webs and nitrogen cycles
Biocomplexité des écosystèmes récifaux, IRD Centre de Montpellier - PS2, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34032 Montpellier cx, France
Population genetics, phylogeography, molecular systematics, fishes, mussels, DNA polymorphisms, PCR markers
Thierry.Boulinier(at)cefe.cnrs.fr
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) CNRS - Université Montpellier, UMR 5175, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
Seabird ecology, population biology, disease ecology, dispersal, colonial breeding, behavioural ecology, conservation biology
University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA
Biomechanics, physical biology and physiological ecology of benthic invertebrates and seaweeds
Just Cebrian
Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA
Coastal ecosystem ecology, trophic interactions, eutrophication; seagrass ecology
Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé - CNRS, BP 14, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
Food and feeding ecology of top marine predators, pelagic ecosystem of the Austral Ocean, stable isotopes
NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Marine mammals, behaviour, bioacoustics, anthropogenic impacts
Jana Davis
Chesapeake Bay Trust, 60 West St, Suite 405, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA
Coastal and estuarine ecology, population ecology, fisheries and aquaculture
Universidad de la República - Facultad de Ciencias, Marine Science Unit, Rambla O'Higgins 5319, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
Coastal ecology, conservation, anthropogenic impacts, sandy beaches, fisheries
Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA
Coral reefs, cnidarian ecophysiology, subtidal benthic ecology
McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
Seabird ecology, physiology, distribution and behavior, biologging, Arctic ecosystem health
Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Marine soundscapes and bioacoustics, acoustic ecology, underwater noise and impacts
Simonetta Fraschetti
Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia, 80126 Naples, Italy
Experimental ecology, conservation, management, natural and human disturbances, coastal habitats
Department of Earth and Environment & Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology along the land-ocean continuum
Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
Biological oceanography, biophysical coupling, plankton ecology, modeling, ecology of fish early lifes stages
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
Turtle ecology: migration, behavior, reproduction
MS-National Marine Fisheries Services at Long Marine Lab, Institute of Marine Sciences,
PBSci-Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
Mammals, fishes, acoustics, ecosystem-based fisheries management
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS 7004, Australia
Climate impacts and adaptation, ecological risk assessment, large pelagic species
Department of Biology, Biological & Geological Sciences Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
Stable isotopes, food webs, predator-prey relationships, birds
Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Charlottenlund Slot, Jægersborg Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Zooplankton feeding and population dynamics
Department of Marine Science, University of South Alabama, LSCB 25, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
Microbial ecology cycling of organic matter, sulfur, nitrogen, DMSP and DMS
Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
Benthos, bioturbation, microbial ecology, mangroves, sediment biogeochemistry
Jean-Sébastien Lauzon-Guay
Merinov, 96 montée de Sandy Beach, Bureau 2.05, Gaspé, QC G4X 2V6, Canada
Population dynamics of benthic species, mathematical modeling, kelp bed, seaweed harvesting, sea urchin
Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
Fish community structure, mangrove ecosystems, marine protected areas, fisheries effects, trophic ecology
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
Conservation biology, predation, metapopulation and source-sink dynamics, benthic invertebrates
School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 706 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA 02744, USA
Phytoplankton physiology, biogeochemical cycling, aquatic optics
Tim McClanahan
Wildlife Conservation Society, PO Box 99470, Mombasa 80107, Kenya
Coral reef ecology, fisheries management, systems 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
Australian Institute of Marine Science, The UWA Oceans Institute, 39 Fairway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Ecological genetics of invertebrates, coral ecology, larval ecology
Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, PO Box 247, 2099 Westside Road, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA
Invertebrates: larval ecology, life history and behavior; ecology of rocky shores
Department of Fisheries, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 17101 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801, USA
Quantitative fish ecology, fisheries oceanography, ecosystem approach to fisheries
Department of Chemical Oceanography, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo,
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
Bacteria and heterotrophic flagellates, cycling of organic matter
Marine Evolution and Conservation, Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Evolutionary, ecological, population and conservation genetics, marine mammals
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy., Miami, FL 33149, USA
Biological oceanography: biophysical modeling, ichthyoplankton and recruitment
Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 5600 Marvin K Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, USA
Marine chemical ecology of invertebrates, chemical induction of larval settlement, natural products
Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Seagrass and macroalgae: physiology, population dynamics, herbivory
Pei-Yuan Qian
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Larval biology, biofilm, biofouling and antifouling, chemical ecology, molecular microbial ecology
Jake Rice
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Department of Fisheries and Oceans - Emeritus, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E6, Canada
Science policy, management of marine resources, ecosystem effects of human activities
Kenneth Sherman
NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Center, 28 Tarzwell Dr, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Fisheries ecology, fishery resources, zooplankton
inna.sokolova(at)uni-rostock.de
Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte,
NC 28223-001, USA
Ecological physiology of invertebrates and effects of pollutants
University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, benthic ecology, bioturbation
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion,
Crete, Greece
Marine fisheries ecology: reproduction and early life history, Mediterranean ecosystems
School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Science, Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Benthic and chemical ecology, seaweeds, biofilms, herbivory
School of Biology, Department of Zoology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, PO Box 34, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Aghios Kosmas, 16777 Athens, Greece
Fish population dynamics and distribution, fishing impacts, Mediterranean fisheries, fish biogeography, climate change
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, AK 99801, USA
Vertebrate predators: foraging, reproduction, population dynamics, climate change effects
mirta.teichberg(at)leibniz-zmt.de
Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Ecology of macroalgae and seagrasses, ecophysiology, nutrient assimilation; coastal benthic ecosystems
Antony J. Underwood
Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, Marine Ecological Laboratory A11, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Experimental intertidal and subtidal ecology, behavior, life cycles of sessile invertebrates
Shin-ichi Uye
Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
Plankton trophodynamics, jellyfish, copepods, population dynamics, feeding, coastal ecosystems
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Climate change, herbivory, restoration, seagrass, seaweeds, tropicalisation
UWA Oceans Institute & School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Subtidal seaweed ecosystems, kelp forests, climate change, ocean warming, marine extreme events
Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Food web structure, Southern Ocean ecosystems, trophic ecology, population biology
Marsh Youngbluth
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 U.S. 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
Biological oceanography with special emphasis on zooplankton ecology and behavior
Review Editors critically assess the scientific value of manuscripts, and may advise authors in matters of manuscript presentation.
Los Gatos, CA, USA
Top levels of marine food webs, marine ornithology, marine mammalogy
Ravenna, Italy
Ecology of rocky coasts: macroalgae, disturbance, invasive species, biodiversity, conservation
A. C. Anil
Dona Paula, Goa, India
Biofouling, invertebrate larvae, phytoplankton ecology, coastal ecosystems
Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Benthic and rocky shore ecology, biodiversity, aquaculture–environment interactions
Seattle, WA, USA
Biological oceanography, plankton research
Roskilde, Denmark
Benthic ecology and ecotoxicology, bioturbation, biogeochemical cycling
Recife, PE, Brazil
Tropical and subtropical estuarine and coastal habitats, fish ecology, environmental impacts
Nantes, France
Bivalve feeding: feeding, digestion, reproduction
Marthán N. Bester
Hatfield, South Africa
Pinniped population ecology, feeding, dispersal and morphology
Marseille, France
Structure and diversity of marine microbial communities, nitrogen cycle
Turku/Åbo, Finland
Coastal and brackish benthos: experimentation, biodiversity, environmental impacts
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbances on coral reefs
Jeffrey A. Buckel
Morehead City, NC, USA
Fisheries ecology, predator-prey interactions, estimating vital rates
La Jolla, CA, USA
Population and molecular genetics, evolution of invertebrates
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Marine mammals and birds: physiology of diving and feeding
Juan Carlos Castilla
Santiago, Chile
Rocky shore ecology, coastal management, invertebrate predators
Nanette Chadwick
Auburn, AL, USA
Fouling communities, corals, tunicates, symbioses, competition, population dynamics
Maura G. Chapman
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Benthic ecology, experimental design, impact assessment, restoration, biodiversity
Townsville, QLD, Australia
Reef ecology, fish ecology and evolution, coral reefs
Montpellier, France
Nitrogen metabolism of phytoplankton
Sean D. Connell
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Macroecology, landscape ecology of urban habitats, disturbance, kelp forests
Dunedin, New Zealand
Conservation biology, marine mammals
Hull, UK
Estuarine and coastal processes, algae and vascular plants, eutrophication
Montpellier, France
Benthic microbial ecology, biogeochemical cycling, ecophysiological modelling
Muscat, Oman
Chemical ecology of invertebrates, microbiology, biofouling, larval settlement
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phytoplankton: physiological ecology, nutrient dynamics, harmful algal blooms
Mont-Joli, QC, Canada
System level analyses
Anastasios Eleftheriou
Heraklion, Greece
Benthos ecology, environmental impacts
Hull, UK
Structure and function of fish and benthic communities
Lewes, DE, USA
Early life history of fish and invertebrate larvae
Columbia, SC, USA
Trophic dynamics and energetics, meiofauna, immunology, salt marsh ecology
Helsingør, Denmark
Population biology, microbial ecology
St. John's, NL, Canada
Fisheries ecology and conservation, intertidal and community ecology
Nicholas S. Fisher
Stony Brook, NY, USA
Physiological ecology of phytoplankton
Peter Fong
Gettysburg, PA, USA
Invertebrates, rocky intertidal, mud flat ecology, reproduction, neurophysiology
Rodney M. Forster
Lowestoft, UK
Photosynthesis and primary production, photoinhibition, methodology and modeling, remote sensing
Ken Furuya
Tokyo, Japan
Phytoplankton ecology, community structure, dynamics
José A. Garcia Charton
Murcia, Spain
Reef fishes, marine protected areas, population genetics, experimental design
Penryn, UK
Marine turtle biology, ecology and conservation, satellite tracking
Jaime Gómez-Gutiérrez
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
Zooplankton and nekton ecology: krill and copepod secondary production, parasitology and behavior
David Grémillet
Montpellier, France
Seabird behavior, energetics and evolution, anthropogenic effects
Roskilde, Denmark
Laboratory, secondary production, grazing, growth, energetics, feeding behaviour
Helsingør, Denmark
Protist and phytoplankton ecology
Nahant, MA, USA
Biomechanics, physiology, benthic and intertidal ecology, corals
San Diego, CA, USA
Benthic, larval and salt-marsh ecology
Eric R. Holm
West Bethesda, MD, USA
Larval settlement and metamorphosis, fouling communities, biofouling adhesion
Matsue, Japan
Seagrass–fish assemblages
San Diego, CA, USA
Coastal landscape ecology, predator–prey interactions, marine invertebrates
Cindy Hull
Hobart, TAS, Australia
Seabirds
George L. Hunt
Seattle, WA, USA
Seabirds, marine mammals, their roles in carbon fluxes
Hobart, TAS, Australia
Seaweed nutrient physiology and ecology, hydrodynamics and biomechanics
Waimanalo, HI, USA
Marine bird and mammal biogeography, habitats and conservation
Napels, Italy
Zooplankton physiology, phytoplankton–zooplankton interactions
Judson Kenworthy
Beaufort, NC, USA
Community ecology, eelgrass, seagrass
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Phytoplankton ecology and physiology, harmful algal blooms, bio-optics and remote sensing
La Jolla, CA, USA
Food web interactions, zooplankton ecology
Hunter S. Lenihan
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Temperate and coral reefs, estuaries, polar environments, fisheries, ecotoxicology
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Feeding ecology of deposit feeders, geochemistry of trace elements in sediments
Christos Maravelias
Athens, Greece
Fisheries ecology, oceanography and management, population dynamics, climate effects
Mark Meekan
Darwin, NT, Australia
Ecology of fish larvae, sharks, and coral reefs
Guangdong, PR China
Marine primary production, phytoplankton ecology, planktonic ecosystem model
Galveston, TX, USA
Estuarine ecology: nekton and benthic organisms, penaeid shrimps and blue crabs
Gilles Miron
Moncton, NB, Canada
Benthic ecology, recruitment and settlement processes, ecoethology
Peter J. Mumby
Exeter, UK
Multivariate statistical analysis, marine protected areas, coral reef ecology, fish populations
Takeshi Naganuma
Higashi-hiroshima, Japan
Microbial biogeography
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Fish and climate change, sensory ecology, coral reef fish ecology, fish behavior, mangrove ecosystems, connectivity
Bergen, Norway
Fish biology, population dynamics, fisheries management
Helen Neil
Wellington, New Zealand
Marine geology, paleoceanography, paleoclimate, isotope geochemistry
Thomas Noji
Highlands, NJ, USA
Ecosystem processes, zooplankton ecology
Stony Brook, NY, USA
Fisheries ecology, bioenergetics, ecosystem modeling, climate variability, climate change
Palma, Spain
Benthic ecology: energy flow and food webs, impact assessments, meiofauna
Northampton, MA, USA
Algal physiology, photosynthesis, effects of disturbance on coral reefs and reef fishes
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Community ecology, reproductions and life history, experimental design and statistics
Anchorage, AK, USA
Marine birds and mammals, food webs
Mont-Joli, QC, Canada
Zooplankton dynamics and secondary production, biological-physical models
Genova, Italy
Benthos population dynamics
Peter Ralph
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Chlorophyll a fluorescence, coral bleaching, sea ice photosynthesis, toxicology
Glassboro, NJ, USA
Ecological impacts of environmental stress, population dynamics, ecological modeling, life history strategies
Kerteminde, Denmark
Bioenergetics and filter-feeding in macroinvertebrates, environmental effects
Michael J. Risk
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Coral reef ecology, soft bottom ecology, coastal processes
Lafayette, LA, USA
Estuarine ecology, habitat restoration, decapod crustaceans, fishes
Miami, FL, USA
Life history, recruitment and biogeography of reef fishes, marine reserves
Jarrod A. Santora
Petaluma, CA, USA
Marine mammals, predator–prey dynamics
Graham Savidge
Portaferry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Phytoplankton: ecology, primary production, photosynthesis
Christchurch, New Zealand
Plant–herbivore interactions, ecology of algae, invertebrate fisheries, aquaculture
Gloucester Point, VA, USA
Benthic community ecology, invertebrate diversity, environmental stress, ocean acidification, conservation biology
San Jose, CA, USA
Seabird foraging ecology and energetics, electronic tagging, habitat use
Antonio Sole-Cava
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Invertebrate population genetics, cryptic speciation, reproduction, benthic ecology, invertebrate fisheries
Charleston, SC, USA
Molecular and chemical ecology, evolution of biotic interactions
Hobart, TAS, Australia
Zooplankton, sea ice ecology, food web dynamics
Gloucester Point, VA, USA
Planktonic and microbial processes
Coquimbo, Chile
Benthic ecology, biogeography, life history and behavioral ecology of marine invertebrates
Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC, Canada
Benthic ecology, meiofauna, aquaculture impacts, coastal zone management
Seattle, WA, USA
Fish ecology, population dynamics, larvae recruitment, competition and predation, regime shifts, experimental design
Dianne Tracey
Wellington, New Zealand
Deep-sea corals and deep-sea fisheries, biodiversity, seamount research
Dauphin Island, AL, USA
Biotic processes and flow of energy among trophic levels, seagrass food webs
Auckland, New Zealand
Benthic ecology, animal–sediment and sediment–seawater interactions, aquaculture effects
Plymouth, UK
Seabird population dynamics, climate effects
Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR
Ecotoxicology, biogeochemistry of trace elements, physiological ecology
Mark E. Warner
Lewes, Delaware, USA
Reef coral physiological ecology, photosynthesis and photoinhibition
Paula E. Whitfield
Beaufort, NC, USA
Invasion ecology and biology, climate change effects in marine communities