In a squeeze: Epibiosis may affect the distribution of kelp forests [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The processes limiting the population recovery of the kelp Saccharina latissima after recent large‐scale loss from the south coast of Norway are poorly understood.
Frithjof E Moy +2 more
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Sea Turtle Epibiosis: Global Patterns and Knowledge Gaps
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Competition for space drives many marine propagules to colonize the external surfaces of other marine organisms, a phenomenon known as epibiosis. Epibiosis appears to be a universal phenomenon among sea turtles and an extensive body of scientific ...
Nathan J. Robinson +3 more
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2007 Las esponjas Aplysina insularis (con epitelio libre de epibiontes), y Aplysina lacunosa (con epitelio recubierto por epibiontes) fueron escogidas como modelo para estudiar algunos de los mecanismos químicos y bacterianos que podrían determinar su grado ...
Jennyfer Andrea Mora Cristancho +2 more
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Quaternary intensification of spine epibiosis in the cidaroid echinoid Eucidaris: implications for anthropogenic impacts [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine ScienceEchinoids are an integral part of present-day and ancient marine trophic webs, and they host a variety of mutualistic, commensalistic, and parasitic epibionts on their spines and test.
Elizabeth Petsios +5 more
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Grounds, Beds, and Reefs of the Endangered Coral <i>Cladocora caespitosa</i> With Description of the Tremiti Reef. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study provides an overview of the distribution of the three ecosystem types formed by Cladocora caespitosa and describes newly discovered ones at Tremiti Islands (Adriatic Sea, Italy). The spatial distribution, biometry, size structure, and conservation status of the Cladocora formations have been investigated and compared at the Mediterranean ...
Chimienti G +4 more
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Long-term trends of epibionts reflect Mediterranean striped dolphin abundance shifts caused by morbillivirus epidemics. [PDF]
J Anim EcolThis original research piece demonstrates, through empirical and theoretical modelling approaches, that the epibionts of striped dolphins indicate dolphin abundance shifts caused by epidemics of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV). In addition, we provide the first SIR model to investigate the epidemiology of DMV in western Mediterranean striped dolphins ...
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Morphological Characterization and Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a New Epizoic Hexamerous Brittle Star <i>Gymnolophus sexradia</i> sp. Nov. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study describes a new hexamerous epizoic brittle star species, Gymnolophus sexradia sp. nov., from the South China Sea, which lives on crinoid hosts and exhibits a six‐armed body plan possibly indicating fissiparity. Its vertebral and arm plate structures enhance horizontal flexibility for grasping the host, and phylogenetic analysis based on ...
Zhang Z +5 more
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First discovery of a barnacle (Balanus crenatus) on the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) [PDF]
Ecology.Ecology, Volume 107, Issue 10, October 2026.
Shahdadi A +4 more
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Predation and epibiosis on egg capsules of the Shorttail fanskate, Sympterygia brevicaudata [PDF]
, 2022 After deposition, chondrichthyan egg capsules are frequently exposed to numerous threats that affect their survival. However, the ecological factors affecting the development and survival of embryos inside egg capsules remain unclear.
Concha, Francisco +4 more
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The Role of Invasion Status and Taxon of Basibionts in Marine Community Structure
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Studies on non-native epibionts typically focus on the organismal-level impacts of epibiosis on basibionts, rather than community-level impacts of this relationship.
Kate Lazzeri, Linda A. Auker
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