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Seasonal oceanographic phenomenon promotes hitchhiking among the plankton in a coastal marine ecosystem: A tropical perspective

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Epibiosis among plankton communities and the role of environmental forcing therein are discussed in this study. We hypothesized that a sub-surface thermal inversion phenomenon and associated hydrographical changes during winter monsoon promoted group ...
Alfisa Siddique, Aishee Bhowal, Jasmine Purushothaman, Rakhesh Madhusoodhanan, Chelladurai Raghunathan, Kailash Chandra   +5 more
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Epibionts provide their basibionts with associational resistance to predation but at a cost

Marine Environmental Research, 2023
Epibiosis is increasingly considered a survival strategy in space-limited environments. However, epibionts can create a new interface between its host, environment and potential predators which may alter predator-prey relationships and biological functioning.
Sam Downes, Louise B. Firth, Antony M. Knights   +2 more
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First report of freshwater atyid shrimp, Caridina formosae (Decapoda: Caridea) as a host of ectosymbiotic branchiobdellidan, Holtodrilus truncatus (Annelida, Citellata)

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2020
In recent years, ornamental shrimps gained increasing popularity in the aquarium trade. Unfortunately, they are potential vectors of epibionts, which may be unintentionally introduced to aquaria with imported shrimps. This contribution presents the first
Maciaszek Rafał, Jabłońska Aleksandra, Prati Sebastian, Świderek Wiesław   +3 more
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Algal Epibionts as Co-Engineers in Mussel Beds: Effects on Abiotic Conditions and Mobile Interstitial Invertebrates

Diversity, 2019
Mussels and macroalgae have long been recognized as physical ecosystem engineers that modulate abiotic conditions and resources and affect the composition of rocky shore assemblages.
Jorge L. Gutiérrez, María Bagur, M. Gabriela Palomo   +2 more
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Environmental and local habitat variables as predictors of trophic interactions in subtidal rocky reefs along the SE Pacific coast

Ecography, EarlyView.
Temperature generally drives latitudinal patterns in the strength of trophic interactions, including consumption rates. However, local community and other environmental conditions might also affect consumption, disrupting latitudinal gradients, which results in complex large‐scale patterns.
Catalina A. Musrri, Alistair G. B. Poore, Oscar Pino, Nicolás Riquelme, Wolfgang B. Stotz, Fadia Tala, Martin Thiel   +6 more
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Unveiling coralline diversity of mesophotic rhodoliths in subtropical Japan, including new species of Sporolithon, emended genera Orientalilithon and Roseolithon (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract The mesophotic zone off Tanegashima Island (approximately 30–40 m deep) is a marine macroalgal hotspot in subtropical Japan; however, the taxonomic diversity of calcifying red algal community remains poorly understood. Our phylogenetic analyses based on psbA, rbcL, and COI‐5P gene markers disclosed the presence of at least 12 rhodolith‐forming
Min‐Khant‐Kyaw, Masasuke Baba, Ryuta Terada, Aki Kato   +3 more
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The occurrence of branchiobdellidans on stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium) in the Czech Republic

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2017
The stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) is one of only two native crayfish species in the Czech Republic. Epibiotic branchiobdellidans present on this crayfish species have not been studied before in the Czech Republic.
Vlach Pavel, Šrámková Lucie, Fialová Kateřina, Nováková Klára   +3 more
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Filter feeders living on suspension feeders: New insights into the lifestyle and distribution of Arcturidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea: Isopoda) around Iceland

Marine Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract The focus of the present study was on arcturid isopods occurring in the subarctic region around Iceland. Data from two decades of sampling with an epibenthic sledge (EBS) during numerous expeditions of the BIOICE (Benthic Invertebrates of Icelandic Waters; 1992–2004) and IceAGE (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology; 2011—ongoing ...
Vivien Lukas Hartmann, Emanuel Pereira, Nancy F. Mercado‐Salas, Anne‐Nina Lörz, Jörundur Svavarsson, Saskia Brix   +5 more
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Microplastic Munchies: Exploring Microplastic Trophic Transfer Potential Between Two Key Prey Fish Species and Resident Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Microplastics have been identified in hundreds of species, with evidence of trophic transfer via contaminated prey. Sarasota Bay common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) serve as sentinels of coastal pollution, including plastics and chemical plasticizers. Previous research confirmed microplastic ingestion in these dolphins (100.0%, n = 
Estella Martin, Randall S. Wells, Elizabeth J. Berens McCabe, Miranda K. Dziobak, Savannah M. Case, Tita Curtin, Eric Conger, Ayushi Gaur, Millie A. Knowles, Robyn Faulkner Allen, Christina N. Toms, John E. Weinstein, Leslie B. Hart   +12 more
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Temporal shifts in kelp forest structure and distribution largely reflect recent ocean warming trends

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.
Ocean warming is driving the redistribution of species at a global scale. Biogeographic transition zones are hotspots of species range shifts, as both warm‐ and cold‐adapted species are found toward contrasting range edges. While anecdotal evidence suggests some distributional shifts have occurred in the northeast Atlantic, the empirical evidence base ...
Nora Salland, Catherine M. Wilding, Cristina Galobart, Kathryn E. Smith, Nathan G. King, Michael T. Burrows, Dan A. Smale   +6 more
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