Marine Ecology is an international marine biology journal devoted to the study of critical interactions between organisms, populations and communities with their surrounding environment, as well as the contribution of biodiversity to the functioning of marine ecosystems.

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Multi-species fish foraging associations during tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus (De Vis 1885) (Labridae)

Kimberley Jane Pryor, Ashley Monique Milton 

Contrasting effects of the El Niño 2015–16 event on coral reefs from the central pacific coast of Mexico

Héctor Nava, Norma López, Pedro Ramírez-García, Elizabeth Garibay-Valladolid

Composition and diversity of prokaryotic communities sampled from sponges and soft corals in Maldivian waters

Daniel Francis Richard Cleary, Ana Rita Moura Polónia, Nicole Joy de Voogd

Food source or refuge: What is behind amphipod choices for seaweeds?

Felipe de Oliveira Fernandes, Marcelle Stephanne Barbosa-Silva, Julia Fanny de Jesus Resende, Guilherme Ortigara Longo, Eliane Marinho-Soriano

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Comparing the effect of larval dispersal strategies on morphological versus genetic differentiation in two neotropical fiddler crabs

Salise Brandt Martins, Murilo Zanetti Marochi, Setuko Masunari, Christoph D. Schubart, 
  •  23 November 2023
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Shipwrecks act as de facto Marine Protected Areas in areas of heavy fishing pressure

Jenny Hickman, Joe Richards, Adam Rees, Emma V. Sheehan, 
  •  22 November 2023
EDITORIAL
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The Gulf of Naples as a model system for plankton ecology studies

Adriana Zingone, Domenico D'Alelio, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, 
  •  6 November 2023
EDITORIAL

The shelf life of scientific knowledge

Ferdinando Boero, 
  •  6 November 2023
BOOK REVIEW

A book reviewer farewell and book‐lover call to arms

Michael Stachowitsch, 
  •  25 October 2023
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Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Ann Vanreusel, Andrew J. Gooday, Lisa A. Levin, Imants G. Priede, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Hendrik Gheerardyn, Nicola J. King, Maarten Raes, 
  •  21-50
  •  22 February 2010

Sandy beach ecosystems: key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts

Thomas A. Schlacher, Dave S. Schoeman, Jenifer Dugan, Mariano Lastra, Alan Jones, Felicita Scapini, Anton McLachlan, 
  •  70-90
  •  3 June 2008
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Fishing‐induced evolution of growth: concepts, mechanisms and the empirical evidence

Katja Enberg, Christian Jørgensen, Erin S. Dunlop, Øystein Varpe, David S. Boukal, Loïc Baulier, Sigrunn Eliassen, Mikko Heino, 
  •  1-25
  •  13 June 2011

Ecological effects of coastal armoring on sandy beaches

Jenifer E. Dugan, David M. Hubbard, Iván F. Rodil, David L. Revell, Stephen Schroeter, 
  •  160-170
  •  3 June 2008
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The contribution of deep‐sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity

Ann Vanreusel, Gustavo Fonseca, Roberto Danovaro, Maria Cristina Da Silva, André M. Esteves, Tim Ferrero, Gunnar Gad, Valentina Galtsova, Cristina Gambi, Veronica Da Fonsêca Genevois, Jeroen Ingels, Baban Ingole, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Bea Merckx, Dmitry Miljutin, Maria Miljutina, Agnes Muthumbi, Sergio Netto, Daria Portnova, Teresa Radziejewska, Maarten Raes, Alexei Tchesunov, Jan Vanaverbeke, Saskia Van Gaever, Virág Venekey, Tania Nara Bezerra, Hannah Flint, John Copley, Ellen Pape, Daniela Zeppilli, Pedro Arbizu Martinez, Joelle Galeron, 
  •  6-20
  •  22 February 2010
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