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• Effects of physical trawling disturbance in a previously unfished sheltered Scottish sea loch

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 162:227-242 (1998)

  The effects of trawling disturbance on a benthic community were investigated with a manipulative field experiment in a fine muddy habitat that has been closed to fishing for over 25 yr. We examined…

  Keywords: Fishing disturbance, Physical disturbance, Trawling, Community dynamics

  Authors: Tuck ID, Hall SJ, Robertson MR, Armstrong E, Basford DJ

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps162227

• Indirect effects of recreational fishing on behavior of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 303:235-244 (2005)

  Sublethal disturbance may lead to behavioral modifications that have detrimental consequences for the individual. Sublethal disturbance is an indirect effect of fishing that has seldom been examined.…

  Keywords: Indirect behavioral disturbance, Sublethal injury, Unobserved mortality, Predation, Limb damage, Recreational fishing, Panulirus argus, Caribbean spiny lobster, Florida Keys

  Authors: Parsons aDM, Eggleston DB

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps303235

• Small-scale disturbance in a stable canopy dominated community: implications for macroalgal recruitment and growth

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 305:31-40 (2005)

  The long-living species Ascophyllum nodosum dominates the mid-shore of sheltered rocky sites in NW Europe, forming near-monospecific stands. We aimed to determine the effects of small-scale…

  Keywords: Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus spp., Canopy disturbance, Recruitment, Interspecific competition, Rocky shores

  Authors: Cervin G, Åberg P, Jenkins SR

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps305031

• Epifaunal disturbance by periodic low levels of dissolved oxygen: native vs. invasive species response

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 304:31-44 (2005)

  Hypoxia is increasing in marine and estuarine systems worldwide, primarily due to anthropogenic causes. Periodic hypoxia represents a pulse disturbance, with the potential to restructure estuarine…

  Keywords: Periodic hypoxia, Invasive species, Chesapeake Bay, Disturbance, Epifauna

  Authors: Jewett EB, Hines AH, Ruiz GM

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304031

• Spatial and vertical biogeography of coral reef sediment bacterial and diazotroph communities

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 306:79-86 (2006)

  Coral reefs are globally important marine ecosystems as sites of high biotic diversity. Reef flat sediments are reasonably homogeneous in composition. This substratum is subject to gradients in water…

  Keywords: Coral reefs, Bacteria, Disturbance, Diversity, Holothuria atra

  Authors: Hewson I, Fuhrman JA

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps306079

• Benthic response to chronic natural physical disturbance by glacial sedimentation in an Arctic fjord

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 303:31-41 (2005)

  The activity of Arctic tidal glaciers results in high turbidity, high rate of inorganic particulate sedimentation and sedimentary instability in near-glacier marine basins. The chronic physical…

  Keywords: Disturbance, Soft sediment communities, Species diversity, Beta diversity, Taxonomic distinctness, Functional groups, Biomass, Arctic

  Authors: Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M, Pearson TH, Kendall MA

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps303031

• 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

• Antarctic sessile marine benthos: colonisation and growth on artificial substrata over three years

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 316:1-16 (2006)

  The development of sessile invertebrate assemblages on hard substrata has been studied extensively in temperate and tropical latitudes. Such studies provide insights into a range of ecological…

  Keywords: Marine benthos, Settlement panels, Polar habitat, Assemblage succession, Growth, Disturbance

  Authors: Bowden DA, Clarke A, Peck LS, Barnes DKA

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps316001

• Resource availability and invasibility in an intertidal macroalgal assemblage

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 313:85-94 (2006)

  The invasibility of a low intertidal macroalgal assemblage was experimentally tested from March 2003 to April 2004 at 1 locality in northern Spain. It was hypothesised that a community becomes more…

  Keywords: Sargassum muticum, Invasibility, Marine invasion, Nutrients, Disturbance, Bifurcaria bifurcata, Macroalgal assemblage

  Authors: Sánchez Í, Fernández C

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps313085

• Effects of physical disturbance on infaunal and epifaunal assemblages in subtropical, intertidal seagrass beds

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:61-78 (2006)

  We assessed the impact of large-scale commercial and recreational harvesting of polychaete worms Marphysa spp. on macrobenthic assemblages in a subtropical estuary in Queensland, Australia, by…

  Keywords: Bait harvesting, Physical disturbance, Intertidal Zostera, Macrofauna

  Authors: Skilleter GA, Cameron B, Zharikov Y, Boland D, McPhee DP

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps308061

• Limited evidence of interactive disturbance and nutrient effects on the diversity of macrobenthic assemblages

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 308:37-48 (2006)

  The causes and consequences of the coexistence of a number of species in a given habitat have attracted ecological research for several decades. Numerous theories have been developed in this context,…

  Keywords: Intermediate disturbance hypothesis, Species diversity, Nutrient enrichment, ‘Bottom-up’, Fouling, Productivity, Species richness, Brazil

  Authors: Jara VC, Miyamoto JHS, Gama BAPd, Molis M, Wahl M, Pereira RC

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps308037

• Deposition of terrigenous sediment on subtidal marine macrobenthos: response of two contrasting community types

  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 307:115-125 (2006)

  Changes in patterns of land-use associated with human population growth throughout the world have altered the regime of terrigenous material export from catchments to rivers and, subsequently, to…

  Keywords: Terrigenous sediment deposition, Subtidal marine macrobenthos, Disturbance– Recovery

  Authors: Lohrer AM, Thrush SF, Lundquist CJ, Vopel K, Hewitt JE, Nicholls PE

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps307115