Marine Ecology Progress Series

Papers
(The TQCC of Marine Ecology Progress Series is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science65
Trophic structure of southern marine ecosystems: a comparative isotopic analysis from the Beagle Channel to the oceanic Burdwood Bank area under a wasp-waist assumption52
Poor body condition associated with an unusual mortality event in gray whales48
Climate alters the migration phenology of coastal marine species45
Disclosing the truth: Are models better than observations?43
Carbon sequestration potential increased by incomplete anaerobic decomposition of kelp detritus41
Half a century of monitoring macrobenthic animals on tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea38
Antarctic krill Euphausia superba: spatial distribution, abundance, and management of fisheries in a changing climate38
Ecosystem-level effects of large-scale disturbance in kelp forests33
Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web32
Water masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas28
Bayesian approach for predicting photogrammetric uncertainty in morphometric measurements derived from drones27
Little evidence that lowering the pH of concrete supports greater biodiversity on tropical and temperate seawalls27
Anthropogenic pressures on reef-associated sharks in jurisdictions with and without directed shark fishing26
Population abundance of recovering humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae and other baleen whales in the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic26
Warming sea surface temperatures fuel summer epidemics of eelgrass wasting disease26
Regional-scale variability in the movement ecology of marine fishes revealed by an integrative acoustic tracking network25
Sea urchin mass mortality rapidly restores kelp forest communities25
Killer whale movements on the Norwegian shelf are associated with herring density25
Demersal fish predators of gelatinous zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean25
Age-specific behavior and habitat use in humpback whales: implications for vessel strike24
Larger females have more calves: influence of maternal body length on fecundity in North Atlantic right whales24
The need to employ reliable and reproducible species identifications in coralline algal research24
Trialling seawater irrigation to combat the high nest temperature feminisation of green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchlings23
Genotypic variation in response to extreme events may facilitate kelp adaptation under future climates23
Tracking movements of decapod crustaceans: a review of a half-century of telemetry-based studies23
Coral husbandry for ocean futures: leveraging abiotic factors to increase survivorship, growth, and resilience in juvenile Montipora capitata22
Critical threshold identified in the functional relationship between beaked whales and their prey22
Scalability and performance tradeoffs in quantifying relationships between elevation and tidal wetland plant communities22
Estimating the cost of growth in southern right whales from drone photogrammetry data and long-term sighting histories20
Oceanographic conditions associated with white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) habitat use along eastern Australia20
Size and body condition of sympatric killer whale ecotypes around the Antarctic Peninsula20
Climate change winner in the deep sea? Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii20
Multiscale spatial variability in epibiont assemblage structure associated with stipes of kelp Laminaria hyperborea in the northeast Atlantic19
Effects of vessel sound on oyster toadfish Opsanus tau calling behavior19
Zooplankton trophic structure and ecosystem productivity19
Biogeography of polychaete worms (Annelida) of the world19
Spatial ecology of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus in Mediterranean deep-water environments: implications for designing no-take marine reserves19
Low temperature exposure determines performance and thermal microhabitat use in an intertidal gastropod (Littorina scutulata) during the winter18
Large-scale eelgrass transplantation: a measure for carbon and nutrient sequestration in estuaries18
Ontogenetic feeding ecology of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in the Colombian Eastern Tropical Pacific18
Nearshore ecosystems on seabird islands are potentially influenced by invasive predator eradications and environmental conditions: a case study at the Mercury Islands, New Zealand18
Assessing size-based exposure to microplastic particles and ingestion pathways in zooplankton and herring in a coastal pelagic ecosystem of British Columbia, Canada18
Synergistic effects of salinity and temperature on the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica throughout the lifespan18
Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements18
Harmful algal blooms as a sink for inorganic nutrients in a eutrophic estuary18
Tracking the movements of North Atlantic seabirds: steps towards a better understanding of population dynamics and marine ecosystem conservation18
Agent-based modeling and genetics reveal the Limfjorden, Denmark, as a well-connected system for mussel larvae17
Coral defences: the perilous transition of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish to corallivory17
The effects of nutritional state, sex and body size on the marine migration behaviour of sea trout17
Comprehensive assessment of shallow surf zone fish biodiversity requires a combination of sampling methods17
Gelatinous and soft-bodied zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: organic, elemental, and energy contents17
Using the VEMCO Positioning System (VPS) to explore fine-scale movements of aquatic species: applications, analytical approaches and future directions17
Modelling the annual primary production of an intertidal brown algal community based on in situ measurements17
Trophic cascades and connectivity in coastal benthic marine ecosystems: a meta-analysis of experimental and observational research17
Spatio-temporal variability in the deposition of beach-cast kelp (wrack) and inter-specific differences in degradation rates16
Dissolved organic matter from tropical peatlands reduces shelf sea light availability in the Singapore Strait, Southeast Asia16
Regional differences in Kemp’s ridley sea turtle growth trajectories and expected age at maturation16
The importance of marine resources in the diet of urban gulls16
Unified natural mortality estimation for teleosts and elasmobranchs16
Winners and losers: prevalence of non-indigenous species under simulated marine heatwaves and high propagule pressure15
Dietary and reproductive biomarkers in a generalist apex predator reveal differences in nutritional ecology across life stages15
Sexual segregation of gannet foraging over 11 years: movements vary but isotopic differences remain stable15
Sympatry and resource partitioning between the largest krill consumers around the Antarctic Peninsula15
Marine mammal hotspots in the Greenland and Barents Seas15
Modelled larval supply predicts coral population recovery potential following disturbance15
Boosted regression tree models predict the diets of juvenile bull sharks in a subtropical estuary15
Year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: applications for population management and marine spatial planning14
Otolith-derived field metabolic rates of myctophids (Family Myctophidae) from the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)14
Thermally insensitive physiological performance allows neonatal sharks to use coastal habitats as nursery areas14
Strong migratory connectivity across meta-populations of sympatric North Atlantic seabirds14
Seasonal variations in migration strategy of a longdistance Arctic-breeding seabird14
Inter-population synchrony in adult survival and effects of climate and extreme weather in non-breeding areas of Atlantic puffins14
Environmental predictors of sediment denitrification rates within restored green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus beds14
Long-term tracking of an Arctic-breeding seabird indicates high fidelity to pelagic wintering areas14
Unexpected diversity of Endozoicomonas in deep-sea corals13
Ice-algal carbon supports harp and ringed seal diets in the European Arctic: evidence from fatty acid and stable isotope markers13
Assessing the importance of zooplankton sampling patterns with an ecosystem model13
Year-round offshore distribution, behaviour, and overlap with commercial fisheries of a Critically Endangered small petrel13
Otolith-based approaches indicate strong effects of environmental variation on growth of a Critically Endangered estuarine fish13
Ecological engineering across organismal scales: trophic-mediated positive effects of microhabitat enhancement on fishes13
Breeding success of short-tailed shearwaters following extreme environmental conditions13
Incident light on mesophotic corals is constrained by reef topography and colony morphology13
Seabird reproductive responses to changing climate and prey communities are mediated by prey packaging13
Acute and chronic behavioral effects of kelp gull micropredation on southern right whale mother-calf pairs off Península Valdés, Argentina13
Seasonal variation in the phenology of Atlantic tarpon in the Florida Keys: migration, occupancy, repeatability, and management implications13
Body condition and migration timing of east Australian humpback whales12
Searching on the edge: dynamic oceanographic features increase foraging opportunities in a small pelagic seabird12
Temperature mediates chorusing behaviour associated with spawning in the sciaenid Argyrosomus regius12
Seasonal migrations of pregnant blue sharks Prionace glauca in the northwestern Pacific12
Northwest range shifts and shorter wintering period of an Arctic seabird in response to four decades of changing ocean climate12
Ontogenetic shifts in home range size of a top predatory reef-associated fish (Caranx ignobilis): implications for conservation12
Beyond a single patch: local and regional processes explain diversity patterns in a seagrass epifaunal metacommunity12
Population structure and environmental niches of Rimicaris shrimps from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge12
Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury12
Post-fledging movements, mortality and migration of juvenile northern gannets12
Effect of biological and anthropogenic sound on the orientation behavior of four species of brachyuran crabs12
Foraging behaviour and movements of an ambush predator reveal benthopelagic coupling on artificial reefs12
Distribution and thermal niche of the common skate species complex in the north-east Atlantic12
Environmental drivers of the physiological condition of mature female Antarctic krill during the spawning season: implications for krill recruitment11
Foundation species loss alters multiple ecosystem functions within temperate tidepool communities11
Parrotfish soundscapes: implications for coral reef management11
Biological traits of benthic macrofauna show sizebased differences in response to bottom trawling intensity11
A two-fold increase in migration distance does not have breeding consequences in a long-distance migratory seabird with high flight costs11
Stable isotopes suggest fine-scale sexual segregation in an isolated, endangered sperm whale population11
A generic approach to develop a trait-based indicator of trawling-induced disturbance11
Resolving community metabolism of eelgrass Zostera marina meadows by benthic flume-chambers and eddy covariance in dynamic coastal environments11
A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus11
Large-scale comparison of biomass and reproductive phenology among native and non-native populations of the seagrass Zostera japonica11
Seagrass roots strongly reduce cliff erosion rates in sandy sediments11
Investigating avoidance and attraction responses in lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus to offshore wind farms11
From trips to bouts to dives: temporal patterns in the diving behaviour of chick-rearing Adélie penguins, East Antarctica11
Differential responses in anti-predation traits of the native oyster Ostrea edulis and invasive Magallana gigas to ocean acidification and warming11
Daylength influences reproductive success and sporophyte growth in the Arctic kelp species Alaria esculenta11
Soundscapes indicate kelp forest condition11
Temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton and mixotrophs in a temperate estuary11
Global synthesis of sea turtle von Bertalanffy growth parameters through Bayesian hierarchical modeling11
Mangrove carbon sustains artisanal fish and other estuarine consumers in a major mangrove area of the southern Caribbean Sea11
Seasonal aggregations of blacktip sharks Carcharhinus limbatus at a marine protected area in the Gulf of California, assessed by unoccupied aerial vehicle surveys11
Machine learning analysis reveals relationship between pomacentrid calls and environmental cues11
Mesophotic coral reef community structure: the constraints of imagery collected by unmanned vehicles10
Autumn coral bleaching in Hawai‘i10
Fine-scale spatial and diel dynamics of zooplanktivorous fish on temperate rocky and artificial reefs10
Movements of egg-bearing American lobsters Homarus americanus during late stage brooding and hatching10
From warm to cold waters: new insights into the habitat and trophic ecology of Southern Ocean squids throughout their life cycle10
Combined impacts of natural recruitment and active propagation for coral population recovery on the Great Barrier Reef10
Tidal channel-mediated gradients facilitate Spartina alterniflora invasion in coastal ecosystems: implications for invasive species management10
Low spatial overlap between foraging shearwaters during the breeding season and industrial fisheries off the west coast of Portugal10
Isotopic characterization of lifetime movement by two demersal fishes from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico10
Arctic terns from circumpolar breeding colonies share common migratory routes10
Invertebrate communities on shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary10
From feeding habits to food webs: exploring the diet of an opportunistic benthic generalist10
Coping with a changing Arctic: mechanisms of acclimation in the brown seaweed Saccharina latissima from Spitsbergen10
Benthic community composition of temperate mesophotic ecosystems (TMEs) in New Zealand: sponge domination and contribution to habitat complexity10
Isotopic niche partitioning between two small cetacean species10
Earthquake effects on abalone habitats and populations in southern New Zealand10
Biogeophysical influence of large-scale bathymetric habitat types on mesophotic and upper bathyal demersal fish assemblages: a Hawaiian case study10
Demographic responses to environmental change of the black-browed albatross, sentinel of the Patagonian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem10
Trophic ecology of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: insights from stable isotope analysis and niche modelling10
Long-term monitoring of benthic communities reveals spatial determinants of disturbance and recovery dynamics on coral reefs10
Biodiversity, community structure and ecosystem function on kelp and wood falls in the Norwegian deep sea10
Pneumatophores and crab burrows increase CO2 and CH4 emission from sediments in two Brazilian fringe mangrove forests10
Influence of fisheries on the spatio-temporal feeding ecology of gulls along the western Iberian coast10
Feeding habits and trophic interactions of four sympatric hammerhead shark species reveal trophic niche partitioning10
Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries10
Bioenergetic model and specific growth rates of jellyfish Aurelia spp10
Biochemical adaptation by the tropical copepods Apocyclops royi and Pseudodiaptomus annandalei to a PUFA-poor brackish water habitat10
Changes in functioning of the largest coastal North Sea flatfish nursery, the Wadden Sea, over the past half century10
Impaired hatching exacerbates the high CO2 sensitivity of embryonic sand lance Ammodytes dubius10
Residency and habitat use patterns by sympatric stingrays at a remote atoll in the Western Indian Ocean10
Ecological drivers of the high predation of sea turtle hatchlings during emergence10
Basin-wide infaunalisation of benthic soft-bottom communities driven by anthropogenic habitat degradation in the northern Adriatic Sea9
Spatio-temporal diet variability of the California sea lion Zalophus californianus in the southern California Current Ecosystem9
Microbial respiration in the asteroid diffusive boundary layer influenced sea star wasting disease during the 2013-2014 northeast Pacific Ocean mass mortality event9
Estimating Pacific walrus abundance and survival with multievent mark-recapture models9
Predation in littoral habitats is a complex process: Comment on Whitfield (2020)9
Increasing temperatures, diversity loss and reorganization of deep-sea fish communities east of Greenland9
Habitat specialisation and overlap in coral reef gobies of the genus Eviota (Teleostei: Gobiidae)9
Size-fractionated surface phytoplankton in the Kara and Laptev Seas: environmental control and spatial variability9
Water temperature is a key driver of horizontal and vertical movements of an ocean giant, the whale shark Rhincodon typus9
Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus movement dynamics relative to ice breakup in a high Arctic embayment9
Warming-induced changes in reef fish community traits in the Southwestern Atlantic transition zone9
Seasonal patterns of habitat suitability and spatiotemporal overlap within an assemblage of estuarine predators and prey9
Effect of prey selectivity and trophic cascades induced by mesozooplankton on the dynamics of phytoplankton9
Shifting baselines: Integrating ecological and isotopic time lags improves trophic position estimates in aquatic consumers9
Role of ecological interactions in saltmarsh geomorphic processes9
Small-scale heterogeneity of fish diversity evaluated by environmental DNA analysis in eelgrass beds9
Varying reef shark abundance trends inside a marine reserve: evidence of a Caribbean reef shark decline9
Temporal succession of a macrofaunal community associated with kelp fragment accumulations in an in situ experiment9
Seasonal and interannual changes in a coastal Antarctic zooplankton community9
Bi-decadal variability in physico-biogeochemical characteristics of temperate coastal ecosystems: from large-scale to local drivers9
Comparative visual and DNA-based diet assessment extends the prey spectrum of polar cod Boreogadus saida9
Functional redundancy buffers mobile invertebrates against the loss of foundation species on rocky shores9
Feeding at the front line: interannual variation in the use of glacier fronts by foraging black-legged kittiwakes9
Interspecific variation in non-breeding aggregation: a multi-colony tracking study of two sympatric seabirds9
Changes in kelp forest communities off Washington, USA, during and after the 2014-2016 marine heatwave and sea star wasting syndrome9
Sciaenid courtship sounds correlate with juvenile appearance and abundance in the May River, South Carolina, USA9
Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis9
A multi-tiered assessment of fish community responses to habitat restoration in a coastal lagoon9
Effects of temperature, salinity, and depth on Symbiodiniaceae lineages hosted by Palythoa tuberculosa near a river mouth9
Trade-offs in prey quantity and quality in gray whale foraging9
Mechanisms leading to recruitment inhibition of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera by an understory alga8
Desperate times call for desperate measures: non-food ingestion by starving seabirds8
Lipid-related gene expression and sensitivity to starvation in Calanus glacialis in the eastern Bering Sea8
The northern Bering Sea zooplankton community response to variability in sea ice: evidence from a series of warm and cold periods8
Habitat selection, fine-scale spatial partitioning and sexual segregation in Rajidae, determined using passive acoustic telemetry8
Environmental fluctuation and shifting predation pressure contribute to substantial variation in early marine survival of steelhead8
Interactions between bivalve filter feeding and oceanographic forcing drive the fluxes of organic matter and nutrients at an estuarine-coastal interface8
Influence of land-derived stressors and environmental variability on compositional turnover and diversity of estuarine benthic communities8
Spatiotemporal scales of larval dispersal and connectivity among oil and gas structures in the North Sea8
Mangrove fish assemblages reflect the environmental diversity of the Galapagos Islands8
Performance of deep-sea habitat suitability models assessed using independent data, and implications for use in area-based management8
Larval energetics of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata and Pacific oyster Magallana gigas8
Arctic sea ice algae differ markedly from phytoplankton in their ecophysiological characteristics8
Characterization of diversity and community structure of small planktonic copepods in the Kuroshio region off Japan using a metabarcoding approach8
Shark depredation in a commercial trolling fishery in sub-tropical Australia8
Physical and environmental drivers of oceanic manta ray Mobula birostris sightings at an aggregation site in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico8
Failure of bivalve foundation species recruitment related to trophic changes during an extreme heatwave event8
Interannual stability of phytoplankton community composition in the North-East Atlantic8
Marine bird mass mortality events as an indicator of the impacts of ocean warming8
Detecting strong spatial and temporal variation in macrobenthic composition on an urban shelf using taxonomic surrogates8
Resident lobsters dominate food competition with range-shifting lobsters in an ocean warming hotspot8
Broad-scale acoustic telemetry reveals long-distance movements and large home ranges for invasive lionfish on Atlantic coral reefs8
Breeding failures and reduced nest attendance in response to heat stress in a high-latitude seabird8
Taxonomic and functional assemblage structure of coral reef fishes from Jardines de la Reina (Caribbean Sea, Cuba)8
Year-round niche segregation of three sympatric Hydrobates storm-petrels from Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, Eastern Pacific8
Comparison of recent survey techniques for estimating benthic cover on Caribbean mesophotic reefs8
Satellite tags describe movement and diving behaviour of blue sharks Prionace glauca in the southwest Pacific8
Predicting sea pen (Pennatulacea) distribution on the UK continental shelf: evidence of range modification by benthic trawling8
Differences in foraging habitat result in contrasting fisheries interactions in two albatross populations8
Historical reconstruction of the Puget Sound (USA) groundfish community8
Food fall-specific scavenging response to experimental medium-sized carcasses in the deep sea8
Saved by the shell: Oyster reefs can shield juvenile blue crabs Callinectes sapidus7
Effects of sea ice fragmentation on polar bear migratory movement in Hudson Bay7
Spatiotemporal models highlight influence of oceanographic conditions on common dolphin bycatch risk in the Bay of Biscay7
Larval fish in a warming ocean: a bioenergetic study of temperature-dependent growth and assimilation efficiency7
Spawning migration and larval dispersal of tropical Pacific eels (Anguilla spp.) in the centre of their distribution ranges7
Effects of climate change and light limitation on coral recruits7
Alleged Lessepsian foraminifera prove native and suggest Pleistocene range expansions into the Mediterranean Sea7
Multidirectional migrations from a major nesting area in Turkey support the widespread distribution of foraging sites for loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean7
Intertidal ecosystem engineer species promote benthic-pelagic coupling and diversify trophic pathways7
Lingering impacts of the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave on seabird demography in Cook Inlet, Alaska (USA)7
Diet, antioxidants and oxidative status in pygoscelid penguins7
High growth resilience of subarctic rhodoliths (Lithothamnion glaciale) to ocean warming and chronic low irradiance7
Effects of dead conspecifics, hunger states, and seasons on the foraging behavior of the purple urchin Heliocidaris crassispina7
Sustainable fishing can lead to improvements in marine ecosystem status: an ensemble-model forecast of the North Sea ecosystem7
Climate change, marine resources and a small Chilean community: making the connections7
Estimates of Fuegian sprat consumption by humpback whales in the Magellan Strait feeding area as predicted by a bioenergetic model7
Trophic importance of small pelagic fish to marine predators of the Mediterranean Sea7
Environmental drivers of upper mesopelagic fish assemblages in the Benguela Upwelling System7
Impacts of the first deep-sea seafloor massive sulfide mining excavation tests on benthic communities7
Differences in the reproductive traits of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis among three fishing grounds in the Sea of Japan7
Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)7
Environmental factors involved in breaching behavior of manta rays in estuarine waters7
Multi-year coral recruitment study across the Florida Reef Tract reveals boom-or-bust pattern among broadcast spawners and consistency among brooders7
Biological responses of the predatory blue crab and its hard clam prey to ocean acidification and low salinity7
Sulfur stable isotope ratios provide further insight into movements of the fin whale, an oceanic long-range migrant7
Quantifying sponge host and microbial symbiont contribution to dissolved organic matter uptake through cell separation7
Modeling the seasonal variability of phytoplankton in the subarctic northeast Pacific Ocean7
Land-dependent marine species face climate-driven impacts on land and at sea7
Environmental correlates of elasmobranch and large fish distribution in a river-dominated estuary7
Extremely high but localized pulses of coral recruitment in the southwestern lagoon of New Caledonia and implications for conservation7
Minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata avoid a 15 kHz acoustic deterrent device (ADD)7
One step ahead of sea anemone invasions with ecological niche modeling: potential distributions and niche dynamics of three successful invasive species7
Hypoxia and warming are associated with reductions in larval bivalve abundance in a tropical lagoon7
Short-finned pilot whales exhibit behavioral plasticity in foraging strategies mediated by their environment7
Body length-dependent diel vertical migration of Antarctic krill in relation to food availability and predator avoidance in winter at South Georgia7
Demographics and dynamics of the world’s largest known population of oceanic manta rays Mobula birostris in coastal Ecuador7
Long-term patterns of mass stranding of the colonial cnidarian Velella velella: influence of environmental forcing7
Responses of eelgrass seed germination and seedling establishment to water depth, sediment type, and burial depth: implications for restoration7
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