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A Large-Scale Comparative Metagenomic Study Reveals the Functional Interactions in Six Bloom-Forming Microcystis-Epibiont Communities

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Cyanobacterial blooms are worldwide issues of societal concern and scientific interest. Lake Taihu and Lake Dianchi, two of the largest lakes in China, have been suffering from annual Microcystis-based blooms over the past two decades.
Qi Li, Qi Li, Feibi Lin, Feibi Lin, Chen Yang, Juanping Wang, Juanping Wang, Yan Lin, Mengyuan Shen, Mengyuan Shen, Min S. Park, Tao Li, Jindong Zhao, Jindong Zhao   +13 more
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Consumer resilience suppresses the recovery of overgrazed ecosystems

Ecological Applications, Volume 36, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract Many heterotroph species perish when faced with severe food limitation; others can persist, adapt, and thrive. Sea urchins are emblematic of this paradox: they can overgraze kelp forests to form barren habitats, but can then survive for decades in these nutritionally depauperate seascapes.
Nathan B. Spindel, Aaron W. E. Galloway, Julie B. Schram, Gwiisihlgaa Daniel McNeill, SG̱iids Ḵung Vanessa Bellis, Niisii Guujaaw, Jaasaljuus Yakgujanaas, Ondine Pontier, Markus Thompson, Lynn C. Lee, Daniel K. Okamoto   +10 more
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Sessile macro-epibiotic community of solitary ascidians, ecosystem engineers in soft substrates of Potter Cove, Antarctica [PDF]

Polar Research, 2015
The muddy bottoms of inner Potter Cove, King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo), South Shetlands, Antarctica, show a high density and richness of macrobenthic species, particularly ascidians.
Clara Rimondino, Luciana Torre, Ricardo Sahade, Marcos Tatián   +3 more
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Marine heatwave and keystone predator loss drive broad‐scale decline and hinder recovery of a rocky intertidal kelp

Ecological Applications, Volume 36, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract Human activities are increasingly driving the co‐occurrence of multiple ecological stressors, resulting in interactive and cumulative impacts that can reshape ecosystem dynamics and accelerate population declines of climate‐sensitive species. Here, we use over two decades of rocky intertidal monitoring data from 17 sites spanning over 1200 km ...
Francis D. Gerraty, Karah N. Cox‐Ammann, Melissa A. Douglas, Maya George, David P. Lohse, C. Melissa Miner, Peter T. Raimondi   +6 more
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Potential Impacts of Climate Interventions on Marine Ecosystems

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract Rising global temperatures pose significant risks to marine ecosystems, biodiversity, and fisheries. Recent comprehensive assessments suggest that large‐scale mitigation efforts to limit warming are falling short, and all feasible future climate projections, including those that represent optimistic emissions reductions, exceed the Paris ...
Kelsey E. Roberts, Tyler Rohr, Morgan R. Raven, Michael S. Diamond, Daniele Visioni, Ben Kravitz, Ryan Heneghan, Colleen M. Petrik, Daniele Bianchi, Kelly Ortega‐Cisneros, Monica A. Morrison, Vanessa van Heerden, Nicola A. Wiseman, Gouri Anil, Zachary J. Cannizzo, Marta Coll, Joshua Coupe, Ryan Freedman, Kristen Krumhardt, Lester Kwiatkowski, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Jessica Y. Luo, Holly C. Olivarez, Alan Robock, Jeroen Steenbeek, Cheryl S. Harrison   +25 more
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Viral and Bacterial Epibionts in Thermally-Stressed Corals [PDF]

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2015
The periodic rise in seawater temperature is one of the main environmental determinants of coral bleaching. However, the direct incidence of these episodic thermal anomalies on coral-associated microbiota and their subsequent effects on coral health are still not completely understood. In this study, we investigated the dynamics of three main microbial
Nguyen-Kim, Hanh, Bouvier, Thierry, Bouvier, Corinne, Bui, van Ngoc, Le-Lan, Huong, Bettarel, Yvan   +5 more
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Annelid symbiont assemblage and European stone crayfish − a deterministic relationship with implications for conservation management

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2017
The protected European stone crayfish, Austropotamobius torrentium, is a host to epibionts inhabiting its exoskeleton. Despite evidence of the close association of these epibionts to the crayfish and the beneficial services provided for the crayfish, the
Berger Christian, Füreder Leopold
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Hard Rock Buffet: Chemosynthetic Carbon Use and Environmental Trophic Structuring of Carbonate‐Associated Macrofauna at Southern California Methane Seeps

Marine Ecology, Volume 47, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Diverse invertebrate communities inhabiting carbonate rocks at methane seeps may rely on a mix of local chemosynthetic production and sinking photosynthetic organic matter, with relative importance shaped by environmental conditions. We investigate the contribution of chemosynthetic carbon to macrofaunal diets at six Southern California ...
Olívia S. Pereira, Rachel Survilas, María Emilia Bravo, Lisa A. Levin   +3 more
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Epibiont occurrence on gastropod shells used by the hermit crab Loxopagurus loxochelis (Anomura: Diogenidae) on the northern coast of São Paulo, Brazil

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010
Gastropod shells occupied by hermit crabs are an important attachment substrate for epifauna, and these shells are often damaged. The present study aimed to characterize the epibionts and extent of damage for gastropod shells occupied by the hermit crab ...
Luciane Ayres-Peres, Fernando L. Mantelatto   +1 more
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Palaeoecology of Middle Devonian epizoans and their Paraspirifer hosts

Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract The Silica Shale brachiopod, Paraspirifer bownockeri, of Ohio and Michigan, USA, preserves a unique window into Middle Devonian communities, as individuals hosted numerous epibionts. Herein, we use qualitative and quantitative methods to test hypotheses regarding the palaeoecology of these brachiopod hosts and their epibionts.
Haley N. Vantoorenburg, Lian Anderson, Sydney Orman, Jackson Eccles, John Warren Huntley, Jennifer E. Bauer, Sarah L. Sheffield   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source