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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Using ocean gliders to characterize baleen whale habitat in the Northwest Atlantic55
Growth of spring- and autumn-spawned larvae of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: a long-term experiment mimicking seasonal light conditions36
Dynamics and aging of green turtle grazing plots at two Caribbean seagrass meadows35
Sediment microtopography predicts localised benthic ecosystem functioning and the effect of species interactions35
Distinguishing West Florida gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) nurseries with otolith stable isotopes34
Cost-effective use of aerial imagery to quantify faunal-habitat associations across multiple spatial scales32
Otolith elemental fingerprints reveal source-sink dynamics between two Greenland halibut nurseries in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf31
Migratory behavior and maternal origin of anadromous brown trout in the Baltic Sea29
Multi-cusped postcanine teeth are associated with zooplankton feeding in phocid seals26
Seasonal variation in the phenology of Atlantic tarpon in the Florida Keys: migration, occupancy, repeatability, and management implications24
Insights into the trophic ecology of Etmopterus molleri, one of the smallest shark species: a multi-tracer analysis24
A decade of modeled dispersal of Dungeness crab Cancer magister larvae in the California Current23
Carbon budgets of copepod communities in the northern Humboldt Current System off Peru22
Changes in DNA methylation in response to heat stress and symbiotic conditions in coral primary polyps22
Comparison of video and traps for detecting reef fishes and quantifying species richness in the continental shelf waters of the southeast USA21
Behavior and inter-island movements of satellite-tagged humpback whales in Hawai’i, USA21
Machine learning analysis reveals relationship between pomacentrid calls and environmental cues20
Multi-year migrations of four coastal shark species in the southeastern USA: trends in timing and temperature20
Dermal denticle shedding rates vary between two captive shark species19
Short-finned pilot whales exhibit behavioral plasticity in foraging strategies mediated by their environment19
Advancing bioenergetics-based modeling to improve climate change projections of marine ecosystems19
Lingering impacts of the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave on seabird demography in Cook Inlet, Alaska (USA)19
Priority effects, environmental filtering and neutral coexistence explain large- to small-scale distribution of invasive sun corals in the SW Atlantic19
Leveraging knowledge gaps in Taiwan's fisheries: insights from bibliometric and qualitative analyses18
The sea urchin Diadema antillarum facilitates recruitment of the Critically Endangered Caribbean coral species Acropora palmata18
Differential response of seabird species to warm- and cold-water events in a heterogeneous cross-shelf environment in the Gulf of Alaska18
Wintering strategies of two king penguin populations of the Southern Indian Ocean17
Food selectivity, diel feeding, and effect of light intensity on prey consumption, growth and survival of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares larvae17
Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)17
Characterising the behaviour of bait-attracted blue sharks Prionace glauca using pelagic drift video17
Recent divergent changes in Alaskan pinniped trophic position detected using compound-specific stable isotope analysis17
Spawning sources of a coastal fishery species inferred from otolith chemistry and microstructure: implications for management17
Detection of the Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis Philaster clade on sympatric metazoa, plankton, and abiotic surfaces and assessment for its potential reemergence17
Lethal and sublethal effects of simulated dredged sediment deposition on overwintering blue crabs Callinectes sapidus17
Time-series models and biotelemetry identify behavioral dynamics within a spawning aggregation of a large marine predator17
Linking ecosystem pressures and marine macroinvertebrate ecosystem services in mangroves and seagrasses16
Evidence of shared trends in juvenile fish recruitment to nearshore seagrass habitats of the eastern Gulf of Mexico16
Wave exposure influences kelp morphological and biomechanical phenotypic plasticity16
Oyster reefs as habitat for aquatic macrofauna in a Gulf of Mexico estuary: biotic complexity at spatial, ecological, and demographic scales16
Using stable isotope chronologies within squid gladii (Doryteuthis gahi) to evaluate dietary differences by fishing region and season16
Physiological responses of the symbiotic octocoral Muricea laxa to dynamic thermal conditions16
Both wind and flying with conspecifics influence the flight dynamics of a seabird16
Calcified coralline algae have similar caloric value to uncalcified algae16
Interactions between anchovy fisheries and Peruvian boobies revealed by bird-borne cameras and movement loggers15
Long-term changes in deep-sea megafauna community structure in the eastern Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean)15
Blue mussels in western Norway have vanished where in reach of crawling predators15
Effects of migrating mesopelagic fishes on the biological carbon pump15
Investigating growth and reproduction of the Mediterranean swordfish Xiphias gladius through a full life cycle bioenergetics model15
Observation of discarded appendicularian houses in the benthic and pelagic zones of Spitsbergen fjords using drop-camera imagery15
Size-fractioned zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea: macroecological patterns across biogeography, climate, and varying ecosystem state (1989-2020)15
Relationship between pumping rate and particle capture efficiency in three species of bivalves15
Expanding on a marine food web using parasitological data15
Discovery and dynamics of a cryptic marine copepod-parasite interaction15
Failure of bivalve foundation species recruitment related to trophic changes during an extreme heatwave event15
Sea-ice and macrozooplankton distribution as determinants of top predator community structure in Antarctic winter14
Ecological aspects and hydrodynamics of hitchhiking remoras Remora spp. associated with sicklefin devil rays Mobula tarapacana14
Predatory impact on ichthyoplankton by Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) is size-dependent: an experimental approach14
Ontogenetic vertical migration, seasonality, and long-term increase in mesopelagic fish larvae in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean14
Time-series dynamics in symbiont communities of acroporid corals undergoing cold stress in winter14
Put the people first: why communities should be central in mangrove conservation14
Fish diversity and juvenile habitat use in Indo-Pacific clear-water mangrove habitats14
Effect of diet composition and temperature on the gastric evacuation rate of European sardine: implication for egg predation estimates14
Relative role of operational patterns and environmental conditions on cookie cutter shark damage in the Hawaiʻi longline fishery14
Seasonal shifts and individual variation in juvenile Atlantic cod diel migration at nearshore nurseries14
Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration effects on suspended blue mussel Mytilus sp. health biometrics in Irish waters, 1992–202214
Trophic ecology, based on stable isotope values, of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas stranded on the Icelandic coast14
Accuracy of ROV-based biodiversity surveys in remote, shallow, coral reef habitats14
Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic status14
Extreme dietary specialisation in adult male southern elephant seals: determining variation between individual trophic diets13
Distinct natal origins based on vertebral ring analysis corroborate the migration pattern of Pacific bluefin tuna in the North Pacific Ocean13
Seasonal changes in facilitation between an ascidian and a kelp in Patagonia13
Niche partitioning among abyssal deposit-feeding echinoderms is linked to mobility and gut microbiota13
DNA analysis of scats reveals spatial and temporal structure in the diversity of harbour seal diet from local haulouts to oceanographic bioregions13
Effect of sea cage aquaculture on the length, weight, and condition of wild Atlantic cod Gadus morhua13
Ecological mechanisms generating variable first-year growth in Paralichthys lethostigma, a coastal flatfish12
Threshold velocities for coral rubble bind breakage across varying reef environments12
Inshore juvenile lobsters threatened by warming waters and migratory fish predators in southern New England12
Direct and indirect pathways for environmental drivers of hatching success in the loggerhead sea turtle12
Climate-induced changes in ocean productivity and food-web functioning are projected to markedly affect European fisheries catch12
Patterns in macrobenthic diversity in the lower shore of northeastern Atlantic macrotidal sandy beaches12
Impacts of thermal effluent on Posidonia oceanica and associated macrofauna12
Assessing the demographic connectivity of common cockles in a shallow estuary as a basis for fisheries management and stock protection efforts12
Sentinels of change: divergence in trophic niche of New Zealand sea lions and fur seals from first human contact to today12
Net autotrophic metabolism in coastal waters of the Subtropical South West Atlantic12
Combined impacts of natural recruitment and active propagation for coral population recovery on the Great Barrier Reef12
Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts12
Migration, aggregation, and philopatry of two nearshore elasmobranch species in the Southern California Bight12
Timing mussel deployments to improve reintroduction success and restoration efficiency12
Larvae from three Caribbean corals settle differently in response to crustose coralline algae and their bacterial communities12
Migration timing affects the foraging ecology of Fraser River sockeye salmon stocks in coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada12
Bentho-pelagic mismatches in intertidal sandflats in relation to seasonal upwelling: the role of endobenthic ecosystem engineering12
Migration and space use by porbeagle sharks Lamna nasus in the northeast Atlantic12
High incidence of partial colony mortality constrains realized growth for three coral species in southeast Florida12
Correction: Behavior and inter-island movements of satellite-tagged humpback whales in Hawai’i, USA12
Divergent learning responses to a spatially consistent olfactory stimulus in two reef shark species12
Temporal trends in benthic community composition differ between shallow and mesophotic temperate rocky reefs12
From fringe to basin: unravelling the survival strategies of Calanus hyperboreus and C. glacialis in the Arctic Ocean12
Energy allocation trade-offs between life-history traits in the Mediterranean sardine: an ecophysiological approach12
The diversity of demersal assemblages of the western English Channel and the Celtic Sea12
Starvation threshold and fasting endurance of right whales12
Phytoplankton size structures and their interactive effects with nutrient conditions on sinking rates in a mariculture system12
Microbial structural shifts and enhanced carbon metabolism following coral restoration on Wuzhizhou Island, China12
Hotspot areas of marine introduced species in the Southwestern Atlantic11
Thermal tolerance differs between co-occurring congeneric beetle species in marine supratidal rockpools11
Oceanic migration routes and behaviour of the New Zealand longfin eel Anguilla dieffenbachii11
Ocean acidification reduces the growth of two Southern Ocean phytoplankton11
Genomic evaluation of Australian sub-adult white sharks Carcharodon carcharias reveals kin aggregation with low population size11
Intra- and inter-annual shifts in foraging tactics by parental northern gannets Morus bassanus indicate changing prey fields11
Functional thermal limits are determined by rate of warming during simulated marine heatwaves11
Zooplankton trophic structure and ecosystem productivity11
Trophic ecology of Carolina Sphyrna gilberti and scalloped S. lewini hammerheads in the southeastern USA11
Gannets wintering in the Canary Current and Iberian Coast feed primarily on pelagic fishes and co-occur with trawl and fixed gear fisheries11
Within- and among-colony variation in non-breeding dispersion of Magellanic penguins breeding along the coast of Argentina11
Bycatch in the West Greenland lumpfish fishery, with particular focus on the common eider population11
Seagrass–pathogen interactions and the implications for seed-based restoration in Zostera marina11
Long-term data reveal greater intertidal oyster biomass in predicted suitable habitat11
Movement ecology of a deep-pelagic mesopredator, the bigscale pomfret: implications for pelagic food web connectivity and fishery susceptibility11
Network Analysis of Decadal Acoustic Detections Reveals Diverse Movement Behavior in a Large Marine Predator (Carcharhinus leucas)10
Movements of the endangered sei whale Balaenoptera borealis in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean10
Atlantic inflow is the primary driver of remotely sensed autumn blooms in the Barents Sea10
CORRECTION: American lobster Homarus americanus responses to construction and operation of an offshore wind farm in southern New England10
Diet and feeding strategies of myctophids in the Northeast Atlantic10
Effect of tidal resuspension with oyster biodeposits on nutrient and oxygen dynamics10
Macrocystis pyrifera forest development shapes the physical environment through current velocity reduction10
Variability in Zostera marina wrack greenhouse gas emissions on a temperate sandy beach10
Nutrient enrichment can increase the thermal performance of Galápagos seaweeds10
Evaluating the time to detect biological effects of ocean acidification and warming: an example using simulations of purple sea urchin settlement10
Similar breeding performance despite inter-annual differences in diet composition of seabirds inhabiting a tropical environment10
Thermal tolerance is associated with enhanced growth and recovery in the reef-building coral Montipora capitata10
Changes in fish assemblages after marine heatwave events in West Hawai‘i Island10
Origins of natural and anthropogenic sounds in a coastal, seasonally ice-covered, Antarctic marine soundscape10
Assessing the effectiveness of DNA barcoding for exploring hidden genetic diversity in deep-sea fishes10
Shy albatross Thalassarche cauta chick mortality and heat stress in a temperate climate10
CORRECTION: Dietary shifts and energetics of Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus in the Gulf of Maine10
Shifting temperature-abundance relationship for Bering Sea walleye pollock consistent with northward expansion during exceptionally warm conditions10
Drivers of coral mortality in non-acute disturbance periods10
Characterization and spatial variation of the deep-sea fish assemblages on Pioneer Bank, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands10
CORRECTION: Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids reveals dependency on grazing rather than detritivory in mangrove food webs10
Assessing marine ecosystem complexity: isotopic integration of the trophic structure of seabird communities from the Southern Ocean10
Blue carbon stocks and cycling in tropical tidal marshes facing grazing pressure10
Using functional diversity to assess fish community susceptibility to multi-species coastal gillnetting in the East and South Brazilian Shelves10
Daylength influences reproductive success and sporophyte growth in the Arctic kelp species Alaria esculenta9
Effects of human modification to freshwater flow on juvenile bull shark movement and residency in a subtropical nursery9
Tidal Height Normalization (THN) – A new method to study the local vertical distribution of benthic intertidal organisms9
Clear-cut wave height thresholds reveal dominance shifts in assemblage patterns on rocky shores9
Variation in food resource use differs between marine residents and river migrants in the Japanese seabass Lateolabrax japonicus9
Patterns, efficiency and ecosystem effects when fishing Calanus finmarchicus in the Norwegian Sea—using an individual-based model9
Increased temperature reduces the positive effect of sulfide-detoxification mutualism on Zostera noltii nutrient uptake and growth9
Laysan albatross exhibit complex behavioral plasticity in the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific Ocean9
Thirty-five years of cetaceans in a canyon: patterns, shifts, and surprises in the Gully marine protected area9
Effects of wind on the movement, behavior, energetics, and life history of seabirds9
Trade-offs in prey quantity and quality in gray whale foraging9
Size-specific predation on an overgrazing sea urchin reveals dominant role of large predatory fish9
Seasonal and interannual changes in a coastal Antarctic zooplankton community9
Three centuries of biogeochemical change in a temperate embayment as revealed by sediment core stable isotopes, radiometric dating, and historical ecology9
Evidence of shifts in habitat use of two snappers (Lutjanidae) in a tropical estuarine bay subjected to seasonal upwelling9
Effects of increasing temperature on the photosynthetic activity and oxygen balance of sheath-covered seagrass Zostera marina seeds9
Influences of environmental and individual-level covariates on movement behaviour in American lobster Homarus americanus9
Genetic population structure and demographic history of the sailfin sandfish Arctoscopus japonicus associated with sea level changes during the Last Glacial Maximum9
A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research9
Diverse stability responses of a sub-Antarctic invertebrate understorey community to experimental giant kelp removal9
Intraspecific variation in seagrass anti-herbivore defenses along a natural gradient in phosphorus availability impacts herbivore feeding decisions9
Brood-grooming behavior of American lobsters Homarus americanus in conditions of ocean warming and acidification9
Year-to-year density fluctuations in clams Ruditapes philippinarum linked to wind-induced disturbance during juvenile to subadult stages9
Thermally insensitive physiological performance allows neonatal sharks to use coastal habitats as nursery areas9
Luck and tactics in foraging success: the case of the imperial shag9
Kelp canopy and adhesives enhance the success of kelp reforestation using the 'green gravel' technique9
Phoretic sharksuckers Echeneis naucrates associated with an elasmobranch host occupy higher relative trophic positions9
Greater exposure of nearshore habitats in the Bering Sea makes fish early life stages vulnerable to climate change9
Simulating fish population responses to elevated CO2: a case study using winter flounder8
Effects of food supply on northern bay scallops Argopecten irradians reared under two pCO2 conditions8
Invertebrate communities on shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary8
Contrasting ontogenetic shifts in habitat and metabolism of three sympatric key deep-sea fishes8
Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis8
CORRECTION: Larval connectivity for European green crab management in the Salish Sea and surrounding waters8
Resilience of coastal marine metacommunities to increasing hydraulic connectivity8
Impaired development of the offspring of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica deployed for 12 months in urban vs. non-urban estuaries8
Subtidal temperate reefs in marginal seas enhance biodiversity, food web complexity, and ecosystem stability8
Diversity inhibits colonization in early successional fouling communities8
Seabird responses to ecosystem changes driven by marine heatwaves in a warming Arctic8
Microbial-driven impact on aquatic phosphate fluxes in a coastal peatland8
Sub-lethal and lethal effects of chronic and extreme multiple stressors on a critical New Zealand bivalve under hypoxia8
Freshening of Great Barrier Reef waters is deleterious for larval crown-of-thorns starfish, counter to the terrestrial runoff hypothesis8
Phenotypic plasticity expands oyster survival and realized niche space across tidal elevations8
Fish size spectra from imaging sonar reveal variation in habitat use across nearshore coastal ecosystems8
Long-term observations of a sponge in situ reveal a rich repertoire of contractile behaviors, including winter dormancy8
Pre-industrial ecology and foraging behavior of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the eastern North Pacific8
Depth and substrate type influence community structure and diversity of wood and whale-bone habitats on the deep NE Pacific margin8
Competition for space limits the expansion of biogenic tubeworm reefs8
Ecological patterns and environmental drivers of terrestrial arthropod metacommunities in tidal marshes and adjacent landscapes of the SW-Atlantic8
Mangrove-driven acidification and shell dissolution on intertidal oyster reefs in a subtropical estuary8
High-resolution ocean sea ice model outputs to predict species distribution: case study of crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus in East Antarctica8
Subantarctic Front variability: a potential driver of Patagonian scallop Zygochlamys patagonica recruitment fluctuations8
Influence of extreme cold and warm oceanographic events on larval fish assemblages in the southern region of the California Current8
Marine bird mass mortality events as an indicator of the impacts of ocean warming8
Nearshore fish abundance in an urban estuary is weakly associated with shoreline conditions across spatial scales8
Fatty acid profiles of mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari reflect diet variability of its main prey, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba8
Potential climate-driven changes to seabird demography: implications for assessments of marine renewable energy development8
Seascape structure likely influences marsh-derived resource use by highly abundant estuarine consumers over a small spatial scale8
Resilient protected area network enables species adaptation that mitigates the impact of a crash in food supply8
Habitat use of the northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus near Jan Mayen, North Atlantic8
Benthic modification and biotic associations at natural and artificial habitats excavated by Epinephelus morio and Lutjanus campechanus8
Advancing research in marine functional connectivity for improved policy and management8
Non-trophic interactions amplify kelp harvest-induced biomass oscillations and biomass changes in a kelp forest ecological network model8
Fat dynamics at the onset of sexual maturation in Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: the dual-fuel powering used by ‘maatjes’ herring8
Biological responses of the predatory blue crab and its hard clam prey to ocean acidification and low salinity7
Trophic ecology of a migratory shorebird community at a globally important non-breeding site: combining DNA metabarcoding and conventional techniques7
Lipids in meso- and bathypelagic fishes from the North Atlantic Ocean: dietary inputs suggested from fatty acid trophic markers7
Increased foraging effort and reduced chick condition of razorbills under lower prey biomass in coastal Newfoundland, Canada7
Testing the ontogenetic migration hypothesis in the emerging Rhode Island Jonah crab fishery using stable isotope analysis7
CORRECTION: Advancing bioenergetics-based modeling to improve climate change projections of marine ecosystems7
Mass stranding of octocorals following winter storms in southern Portugal7
High CO2 inhibits substratum exploration and settlement of coral larvae7
Growth and survival dynamics of mesophotic coral juveniles in shallow reefs7
Trophic stability and change across a sea ice cover gradient on the western Antarctic Peninsula7
Visual habitat selection by juvenile fish in response to seagrass with different structural complexity7
Ontogenetic patterns in juvenile blue crab density: effects of habitat and turbidity in a Chesapeake Bay tributary7
Hyperdominance and habitat composition drive reef fish foraging at Atlantic oceanic islands7
Benthic O2 uptake by coral gardens at the Condor seamount (Azores)7
Ecological niche partitioning in two Pacific puffins7
Changes in kelp forest communities off Washington, USA, during and after the 2014-2016 marine heatwave and sea star wasting syndrome7
Habitat preferences of Phycis blennoides (Pisces: Gadiformes): environmental factors and fishing-related ontogenic deepening7
Acoustic characterization of juvenile Pacific salmon distributions along an eco-engineered seawall7
Growth and mortality rates of picophytoplankton in the Baltic Sea Proper7
Evidence of likely foraging by pygmy blue whales in the Timor Trough during the late austral winter and early austral spring7
CORRIGENDUM: Impacts of overfishing and sedimentation on the feeding behavior and ecological function of herbivorous fishes in coral reefs7
Unravelling the impact of sand extraction pits on macrobenthos distribution in the Southern North Sea7
Trophic ecology of an abundant kelp forest echinoderm, the bat star Patiria miniata7
Deriving connectivity from relatedness: broad-scale isolation-by-distance in the shanny Lipophrys pholis7
Forensic determination of shark species as predators and scavengers of sea turtles in Florida and Alabama, USA7
Low light exacerbates effects of marine heatwaves on seaweeds7
Tidal restrictions in a central Californian estuarine system are associated with higher mean pH, but increased low-pH exposure7
Blue carbon biomass stocks but not sediment stocks or burial rates exhibit global patterns in re-established mangrove chronosequences: a meta-analysis7
International collaboration facilitates risk assessment of vessel activities on overwintering coastal waterbirds7
Megafauna: the ignored bioturbators7
Nature reserves facilitate conservation of the Mediterranean slipper lobster Scyllarides latus7
Benthic fauna along sandy beaches enriched by metals after mining disaster7
Incorrect taxonomy confounds future interpretation of ecological data: Comment on Morgulis et al. (2022)7
Testing macroecological hypotheses in sandy beach populations: the wedge clam Donax hanleyanus in South America7
Critical evaluation of trophic discrimination factors using compound-specific stable isotopes in a Northwest Atlantic shelf marine food web7
Survival of Atlantic salmon and sea trout smolts in transitional waters7
CORRIGENDUM: Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)7
Land-dependent marine species face climate-driven impacts on land and at sea7
Biogeography, not intraspecific trait variation, determines macrofaunal communities associated with mussel beds7
Blue mussels Mytilus edulis and M. trossulus in sympatry: assessment of ecological niche divergence using species distribution modeling7
Glimpsing the 2020 spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia (Canada) with autonomous ferry-based sensors7
CORRECTION: The capacity of imaging sonar for quantifying the abundance, species richness, and size of reef fish assemblages7
Subcuticular and biofilm microbiomes in Holothuria tubulosa and their potential for denitrification7
Integrated population model reveals human- and environment-driven changes in Baltic ringed seal Pusa hispida botnica demography and behavior7
Reconstructing trophic position over the past century for five Puget Sound fish species7
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