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• Using stable isotopes and quantitative community characteristics to determine a local hydrothermal vent food web

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 330:49-65 (2007)

  To investigate food web structure in diffuse flow vent environments, an entire macrofaunal community associated with a single aggregation of the tubeworm Ridgeia piscesae was collected from a vent…

  Keywords: Food web, Trophic structure, Community structure, Hydrothermal vent, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Stable isotopes, Diffuse flow, Ridgeia piscesae

  Authors: Bergquist DC, Eckner JT, Urcuyo IA, Cordes EE, Hourdez S, Macko SA, Fisher CR

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps330049

• Comparison of feeding guild structure and ecomorphology of intertidal fish assemblages from central California and central Chile

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 319:65-84 (2006)

  The hypothesis of ecological and morphological convergence of the taxonomically distinct intertidal fish assemblages from central California, USA, and central Chile was tested by comparing the feeding…

  Keywords: California, Chile, Community convergence, Community divergence, Ecomorphology, Feeding guilds, Fish assemblage structure, Intertidal fishes

  Authors: Boyle KS, Horn MH

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps319065

• Influence of different volumes and types of detached macrophytes on fish community structure in surf zones of sandy beaches

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 307:233-246 (2006)

  Detached macrophytes (seagrass and macroalgae) are transported from more offshore areas and accumulate in substantial volumes in surf zones, where they are commonly called wrack. Fishes were sampled…

  Keywords: Detached macrophytes, Fish communities, Surf zone, Sandy beaches, Habitat structure, Wrack

  Authors: Crawley KR, Hyndes GA, Ayvazian SG

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps307233

• Habitat specialisation and overlap in a guild of coral reef cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 305:163-175 (2005)

  The nocturnally foraging cardinalfishes are known to exhibit a high degree of fidelity to their daytime resting sites. However, the microhabitats chosen as resting sites, the degree of specialisation…

  Keywords: Abundance, Aggregation, Apogonidae, Community structure, Coral reef, Habitat specialisation, Resource overlap, Resting site

  Authors: Gardiner NM, Jones GP

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps305163

• Epifaunal community structure associated with Riftia pachyptila aggregations in chemically different hydrothermal vent habitats

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 305:67-77 (2005)

  The vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Polychaeta: Sibloglinidae) often dominates early succession stages and high productivity habitats at low-temperature hydrothermal vents on the East…

  Keywords: Hydrothermal vent, East Pacific Rise, Riftia pachyptila, Community structure, Epifauna, Benthos

  Authors: Govenar B, Bris NL, Gollner S, Glanville J, Aperghis AB, Hourdez S, Fisher CR

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps305067

• Long-term effects of the 1998 coral bleaching event on reef fish assemblages

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 315:237-247 (2006)

  Coral bleaching events constitute compound disturbances often resulting in coral death as well as successive degradation of the reef framework. The 1997/1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) was…

  Keywords: Habitat structure, Disturbance, Coral degradation, Community ecology, Herbivores, Corallivores, Multivariate analyses, Global warming

  Authors: Garpe KC, Yahya SAS, Lindahl U, Öhman MC

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps315237

• Recruitment, growth and mortality of juvenile corals at Eilat, northern Red Sea

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 318:111-122 (2006)

  Rates of recruitment, growth and survival during the early life stages of stony corals may strongly impact community structure on tropical reefs, yet sparse information is available on these…

  Keywords: Scleractinia, Abundance, Population dynamics, Community structure, Diversity, Reef, Northern Red Sea

  Authors: Glassom D, Chadwick NE

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps318111

• Plankton community structure and variability in the Scotia Sea: austral summer 2003

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 309:75-91 (2006)

  Plankton community structure in the Scotia Sea was investigated during January/early February 2003 based on phytoplankton cell counts from 20 m depth and mesozooplankton counts from 0 to 400 m net…

  Keywords: Southern Ocean, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Community structure, Production, Sea ice

  Authors: Ward P, Shreeve R, Atkinson A, Korb B, Whitehouse M, Thorpe S, Pond D, Cunningham N

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps309075

• Cross-community congruence of patterns in a marine ecosystem: Do the parts reflect the whole?

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 310:47-54 (2006)

  Cross-community congruence patterns of species diversity metrics and community similarity between macrobenthic infauna, epibenthic megafauna, demersal fish and microzooplankton ciliates were studied…

  Keywords: Macrofauna, Megafauna, Demersal fish, Microzooplankton, Diversity, Community structure

  Authors: Karakassis I, Machias A, Pitta P, Papadopoulou KN, Smith CJ, Apostolaki ET, Giannoulaki M, Koutsoubas D, Somarakis S

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps310047

• Simulated eelgrass Zostera marina structural complexity: effects of shoot length, shoot density, and surface area on the epifaunal community of San Diego Bay, California, USA

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 326:115-131 (2006)

  In marine ecology, a long-standing issue has been determining which components of habitat structure predominantly influence ecological processes structuring communities. In seagrasses, faunal…

  Keywords: ASU, Colonization, Community composition, Habitat structure, Seagrass, Species diversity

  Authors: Sirota L, Hovel KA

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps326115

• Recruitment failure and shifts in community structure following mass mortality limit recovery prospects of black abalone

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 327:107-117 (2006)

  Mass mortalities of species can fundamentally alter the structure of natural communities, which can in turn negatively impact species’ recovery. Beginning in 1994, some of the largest remaining…

  Keywords: Withering syndrome, Haliotis cracherodii, Community structure, Recruitment limitation, Marine diseases, Mass mortality, Recovery, Rocky intertidal shores

  Authors: Miner CM, Altstatt JM, Raimondi PT, Minchinton TE

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps327107

• Variability in subtidal cobble communities in the Bay of Fundy, Canada, across multiple spatial scales and taxonomic resolutions

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 795:meps15239 (2026)

  Understanding how spatial scale and taxonomic resolution influence biodiversity patterns is essential for effective ecological monitoring. We examined macrobenthic community structure in subtidal…

  Keywords: Macrobenthos, Community structure, Biodiversity, Hard-bottom, Spatial scale, Taxonomic resolution, Monitoring, Multivariate analysis

  Authors: Wilson BM, Rochette R, Hunt HL

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15239