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View article: Prominent Grazing Rates and Feeding Preferences of an Abundant Exotic Benthic Herbivore in the Mediterranean Sea
Prominent Grazing Rates and Feeding Preferences of an Abundant Exotic Benthic Herbivore in the Mediterranean Sea Open
Exotic herbivores can exert profound impacts on terrestrial communities, but their ecological effects on marine habitats are not sufficiently quantified. The exotic crab Percnon gibbesi , which is rapidly spreading throughout the Mediterra…
View article: Incidence of herbivory of the invasive crab Percnon gibbesi on the endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica
Incidence of herbivory of the invasive crab Percnon gibbesi on the endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica Open
Seagrasses are one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world. Posidonia oceanica , an endemic Mediterranean seagrass, is under high and constant anthropogenic and natural pressures, including climate change and the introduction…
View article: Incidence of herbivory of the invasive crab Percnon gibbesi on the endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica
Incidence of herbivory of the invasive crab Percnon gibbesi on the endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica Open
Seagrasses are one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world. Posidonia oceanica, an endemic Mediterranean seagrass, is under high and constant anthropogenic and natural pressure, including the introduction of invasive species …
View article: The impact of inundation and sandstorms on the growth and survival of the mangrove Avicennia marina seedlings in the southern Red Sea
The impact of inundation and sandstorms on the growth and survival of the mangrove Avicennia marina seedlings in the southern Red Sea Open
Mangroves occur in tropical and subtropical regions, including harsh arid areas. Little is known about how the environmental conditions of deserts influence the ecology of mangrove seedlings. The seedlings of the mangrove Avicennia marina …
View article: Oyster abundance on subtidal reefs depends on predation, location, and experimental duration
Oyster abundance on subtidal reefs depends on predation, location, and experimental duration Open
Predation affects community structure and functioning within marine habitats. Predator–prey interactions can change through space and time. Documenting how these interactions change is essential to improve our understanding of food web dyn…
View article: Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions
Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions Open
Our understanding of the response of reef‐building corals to changes in their physical environment is largely based on laboratory experiments, analysis of long‐term field data, and model projections. Experimental data provide unique insigh…
View article: Projecting coral responses to intensifying marine heatwaves under ocean acidification
Projecting coral responses to intensifying marine heatwaves under ocean acidification Open
Over this century, coral reefs will run the gauntlet of climate change, as marine heatwaves (MHWs) become more intense and frequent, and ocean acidification (OA) progresses. However, we still lack a quantitative assessment of how, and to w…
View article: Correction: Warming and Resource Availability Shift Food Web Structure and Metabolism
Correction: Warming and Resource Availability Shift Food Web Structure and Metabolism Open
Climate change disrupts ecological systems in many ways. Many documented responses depend on species' life histories, contributing to the view that climate change effects are important but difficult to characterize generally. However, syst…
View article: Climate‐driven impacts of exotic species on marine ecosystems
Climate‐driven impacts of exotic species on marine ecosystems Open
Aim Temperature is fundamental to the physiological and ecological performance of marine organisms, but its role in modulating the magnitude of ecological impacts by exotic species remains unresolved. Here, we examine the relationship betw…
View article: Investing in Blue Natural Capital to Secure a Future for the Red Sea Ecosystems
Investing in Blue Natural Capital to Secure a Future for the Red Sea Ecosystems Open
For millennia, coastal and marine ecosystems have adapted and flourished in the Red Sea’s unique environment. Surrounded by deserts on all sides, the Red Sea is subjected to high dust inputs and receives very little freshwater input, and s…
View article: Drivers of the Abundance of Tridacna spp. Giant Clams in the Red Sea
Drivers of the Abundance of Tridacna spp. Giant Clams in the Red Sea Open
Giant clams (Subfamily Tridacninae), are important members of Indo-Pacific coral reefs, playing multiple roles in the framework of these communities. Although they are prominent species in Red Sea reefs, data on their distribution and dens…
View article: Investing in Blue Natural Capital to Secure a Future for the Red Sea Ecosystems
Investing in Blue Natural Capital to Secure a Future for the Red Sea Ecosystems Open
\n\t\t\t\t\tFor millennia, coastal and marine ecosystems have adapted and flourished in the Red Sea’s unique environment. Surrounded by deserts on all sides, the Red Sea is subjected to high dust inputs and receives very little fresh…
View article: High Summer Temperatures Amplify Functional Differences Between Coral‐ and Algae‐Dominated Reef Communities
High Summer Temperatures Amplify Functional Differences Between Coral‐ and Algae‐Dominated Reef Communities Open
Photo 1: Typical examples of coral- (A) and algae-dominated (B) reef communities in the central Red Sea. The distance between the two sites is only 500 m. Changes from coral to algal dominance are observed globally, often as a result of lo…
View article: Environmental and Biotic Correlates to Lionfish Invasion Success in Bahamian Coral Reefs
Environmental and Biotic Correlates to Lionfish Invasion Success in Bahamian Coral Reefs Open
Lionfish (Pterois volitans), venomous predators from the Indo-Pacific, are recent invaders of the Caribbean Basin and southeastern coast of North America. Quantification of invasive lionfish abundances, along with potentially important phy…
View article: How many alien species will there be in 2050?
How many alien species will there be in 2050? Open
How many alien species will there be in 2050? Seebens et al. (2020) calculate that the number of alien species will continue to increase steeply everywhere across the globe. This number of emerging alien species will rise globally by about…
View article: High summer temperatures amplify functional differences between coral‐ and algae‐dominated reef communities
High summer temperatures amplify functional differences between coral‐ and algae‐dominated reef communities Open
Shifts from coral to algal dominance are expected to increase in tropical coral reefs as a result of anthropogenic disturbances. The consequences for key ecosystem functions such as primary productivity, calcification, and nutrient recycli…
View article: Stunted Mangrove Trees in the Oligotrophic Central Red Sea Relate to Nitrogen Limitation
Stunted Mangrove Trees in the Oligotrophic Central Red Sea Relate to Nitrogen Limitation Open
Mangroves are important coastal ecosystems of warm climatic regions that often grow in shallow saline or brackish waters of estuaries and river mouths which are affected by wide tidal intervals and receive abundant nutrient supply. However…
View article: Global determinants of prey naiveté to exotic predators
Global determinants of prey naiveté to exotic predators Open
Prey naiveté—the failure of prey to recognize novel predators as threats—is thought to exacerbate the impact that exotic predators exert on prey populations. Prey naiveté varies under the influence of eco-evolutionary mediating factors, su…
View article: Differential thermal tolerance between algae and corals may trigger the proliferation of algae in coral reefs
Differential thermal tolerance between algae and corals may trigger the proliferation of algae in coral reefs Open
Marine heatwaves can lead to rapid changes in entire communities, including in the case of shallow coral reefs the potential overgrowth of algae. Here we tested experimentally the differential thermal tolerance between algae and coral spec…
View article: Tropical seagrass <i>Halophila stipulacea</i> shifts thermal tolerance during Mediterranean invasion
Tropical seagrass <i>Halophila stipulacea</i> shifts thermal tolerance during Mediterranean invasion Open
Exotic species often face new environmental conditions that are different from those that they are adapted to. The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea is a Lessepsian migrant that colonized the Mediterranean Sea around 100 years ago, wh…
View article: Drivers of the Low Metabolic Rates of Seagrass Meadows in the Red Sea
Drivers of the Low Metabolic Rates of Seagrass Meadows in the Red Sea Open
Tropical seagrass meadows are highly productive ecosystems that thrive in oligotrophic environments. The Red Sea is characterized by strong N–S latitudinal nutrient and temperature gradients, which constrain pelagic productivity. To date, …
View article: A framework for experimental scenarios of global change in marine systems using coral reefs as a case study
A framework for experimental scenarios of global change in marine systems using coral reefs as a case study Open
Understanding the consequences of rising CO 2 and warming on marine ecosystems is a pressing issue in ecology. Manipulative experiments that assess responses of biota to future ocean warming and acidification conditions form a necessary ba…
View article: Supplementary material from " Tropical seagrass <i>Halophila stipulacea</i> shifts thermal tolerance during Mediterranean invasion"
Supplementary material from " Tropical seagrass <i>Halophila stipulacea</i> shifts thermal tolerance during Mediterranean invasion" Open
Exotic species often face new environmental conditions that are different from those that they are adapted to. The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea is a Lessepsian migrant that colonized the Mediterranean Sea around 100 years ago, wh…
View article: Thermal tolerance of Halophila stipulacea in its native and exotic distributional range [Dataset]
Thermal tolerance of Halophila stipulacea in its native and exotic distributional range [Dataset] Open
The dataset provides data on survival, rhizome elongation (cm day-1), recruitment rate (day-1), net population growth rate (day-1), gross primary production (GPP; mmol 02 day-1 gDW-1), respiration (R; mmol 02 day-1 gDW-1) and net productio…
View article: Abundance survey data on Tridacna spp. in the eastern Red Sea
Abundance survey data on Tridacna spp. in the eastern Red Sea Open
Abundance survey data on Tridacna spp. (Tridacna maxima and Tridacna squamosa) giant clams in the eastern Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Surveys cover a latitudinal gradient from 29-18 Degree, 7 different depths (0.5, 1.5, 3, 5, 8, 11, and 15m), w…
View article: Ecological effects of non‐native species in marine ecosystems relate to co‐occurring anthropogenic pressures
Ecological effects of non‐native species in marine ecosystems relate to co‐occurring anthropogenic pressures Open
Predictors for the ecological effects of non‐native species are lacking, even though such knowledge is fundamental to manage non‐native species and mitigate their impacts. Current theories suggest that the ecological effects of non‐native …