Marine Ecology Progress Series
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(2012) Vol. 448 - Table of contents
El Niño induced changes to the Bolivar Channel ecosystem (Galapagos): comparing model simulations with historical biomass time series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09542RESEARCH ARTICLERelationship between induced phytoplankton blooms and the structure and dynamics of the free-living heterotrophic bacterial community
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09480RESEARCH ARTICLEEffect of Typhoon Morakot on microphytoplankton population dynamics in the subtropical Northwest Pacific
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09490RESEARCH ARTICLEEnvironmental controls on Emiliania huxleyi morphotypes in the Benguela coastal upwelling system (SE Atlantic)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09535RESEARCH ARTICLEFluorescence and nonphotochemical quenching responses to simulated vertical mixing in the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09544RESEARCH ARTICLEDenitrification: an ecosystem service provided by salt marshes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09526RESEARCH ARTICLEPatterns of extinction risk and threat for marine vertebrates and habitat-forming species in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09545RESEARCH ARTICLEGeographic variation in trace-element signatures in the statoliths of near-hatch larvae and recruits of Concholepas concholepas (loco)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09514RESEARCH ARTICLEProgression of invasive lionfish in seagrass, mangrove and reef habitats
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09534RESEARCH ARTICLECharacterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09511RESEARCH ARTICLESettlement patterns of young-of-the-year rockfish among six Oregon estuaries experiencing different levels of human development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09504RESEARCH ARTICLEHarbour porpoise habitat preferences: robust spatio-temporal inferences from opportunistic data
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09415INTRODUCTIONEelgrass recovery in the coastal bays of the Virginia Coast Reserve, USA
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09596RESEARCH ARTICLESeed addition facilitates eelgrass recovery in a coastal bay system
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09522RESEARCH ARTICLESeedling establishment in eelgrass: seed burial effects on winter losses of developing seedlings
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09612RESEARCH ARTICLERecovery trajectories during state change from bare sediment to eelgrass dominance
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09574RESEARCH ARTICLEEelgrass restoration by seed maintains genetic diversity: case study from a coastal bay system
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09386RESEARCH ARTICLENitrogen fixation in restored eelgrass meadows
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09512RESEARCH ARTICLEEelgrass survival in two contrasting systems: role of turbidity and summer water temperatures
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09578RESEARCH ARTICLEEnhancement of sediment suspension and nutrient flux by benthic macrophytes at low biomass
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09579RESEARCH ARTICLEWave and tidally driven flows in eelgrass beds and their effect on sediment suspension
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09225RESEARCH ARTICLEModeling the effects of climate change on eelgrass stability and resilience: future scenarios and leading indicators of collapse
Theme Section No. 39DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09556
