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MEPS

Marine Ecology Progress Series

MEPS is a leading hybrid research journal on all aspects of marine, coastal and estuarine ecology. Priority is given to outstanding research that advances our ecological understanding.

Online: ISSN 1616-1599

Print: ISSN 0171-8630

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps

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(2026) Vol. 776 - Table of contents

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Thirty-five years of cetaceans in a canyon: patterns, shifts, and surprises in the Gully marine protected area

Feature ArticleDOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15045
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A new tool for quantifying urbanization gradients across seascapes predicts habitat-forming macroalgal distribution patterns in the Salish Sea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14998
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Trawling for photographic bycatch: using computer vision to detect habitat-forming kelp in citizen science fish photographs

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15009
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Temperature and nutrient source drive population-specific patterns of dissolved inorganic nitrogen uptake in a common kelp

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15008
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Plant diversity and complexity often lag behind other measures of long-term vegetation development in restored US Pacific coast tidal marshes

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15014
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Recent changes in mussel beds following mass mortality of a keystone marine predator

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15006
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Predator morphology dictates allometric scaling of predation risk for a keystone marine invertebrate

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15019
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Effects of human modification to freshwater flow on juvenile bull shark movement and residency in a subtropical nursery

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15018
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Contrasting long-term changes in taxonomic versus functional diversity of fish assemblages in a subtropical estuary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15011
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Geographic variation in the nutritional ecology of nominally herbivorous fishes in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15012
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The big tuna: length regressions and size estimations of tunas, mackerels, and bonitos (Scombridae) for historical ecology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15015
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Prey, not temperature, is the dominant driver of juvenile growth in North Sea sandeels

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15010
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Food-based attractant from wildlife tourism alters the residency and space use, but not the activity, of a non-focal fish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15022
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Short-term variability but long-term consistency in diets of dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus in the western North Atlantic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15013
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Temporal patterns in space use by immature hawksbill turtles: insights from Fastloc-GPS tracking on Reunion Island

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14997