Marine Ecology Progress Series

Papers
(The median citation count of Marine Ecology Progress Series is 2. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
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Dynamics and aging of green turtle grazing plots at two Caribbean seagrass meadows54
Machine learning analysis reveals relationship between pomacentrid calls and environmental cues41
Stable isotopes track the ontogenetic movement of three commercially important fishes along a coastal Tanzanian seascape36
A decade of modeled dispersal of Dungeness crab Cancer magister larvae in the California Current33
Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)33
Distinguishing West Florida gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) nurseries with otolith stable isotopes31
Wintering strategies of two king penguin populations of the Southern Indian Ocean30
The sea urchin Diadema antillarum facilitates recruitment of the Critically Endangered Caribbean coral species Acropora palmata28
Cost-effective use of aerial imagery to quantify faunal-habitat associations across multiple spatial scales28
Growth of spring- and autumn-spawned larvae of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: a long-term experiment mimicking seasonal light conditions27
Migratory behavior and maternal origin of anadromous brown trout in the Baltic Sea26
Detection of the Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis Philaster clade on sympatric metazoa, plankton, and abiotic surfaces and assessment for its potential reemergence25
Otolith elemental fingerprints reveal source-sink dynamics between two Greenland halibut nurseries in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf24
Spatial variation in vital rates and population growth of thick-billed murres in the Atlantic Arctic24
Priority effects, environmental filtering and neutral coexistence explain large- to small-scale distribution of invasive sun corals in the SW Atlantic24
Multi-cusped postcanine teeth are associated with zooplankton feeding in phocid seals24
Multi-year migrations of four coastal shark species in the southeastern USA: trends in timing and temperature23
Seasonal variation in the phenology of Atlantic tarpon in the Florida Keys: migration, occupancy, repeatability, and management implications23
Carbon budgets of copepod communities in the northern Humboldt Current System off Peru23
Behavior and inter-island movements of satellite-tagged humpback whales in Hawai’i, USA22
Short-finned pilot whales exhibit behavioral plasticity in foraging strategies mediated by their environment21
Lingering impacts of the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave on seabird demography in Cook Inlet, Alaska (USA)20
Differential response of seabird species to warm- and cold-water events in a heterogeneous cross-shelf environment in the Gulf of Alaska20
Comparison of video and traps for detecting reef fishes and quantifying species richness in the continental shelf waters of the southeast USA20
Advancing bioenergetics-based modeling to improve climate change projections of marine ecosystems19
Tracking movements of decapod crustaceans: a review of a half-century of telemetry-based studies19
Sediment microtopography predicts localised benthic ecosystem functioning and the effect of species interactions19
Changes in DNA methylation in response to heat stress and symbiotic conditions in coral primary polyps18
Dermal denticle shedding rates vary between two captive shark species18
Water temperature is a key driver of horizontal and vertical movements of an ocean giant, the whale shark Rhincodon typus18
Using ocean gliders to characterize baleen whale habitat in the Northwest Atlantic18
Responses of a pelagic fish community to reduced fishing pressure in the central Bering Sea17
Characterising the behaviour of bait-attracted blue sharks Prionace glauca using pelagic drift video17
Spawning sources of a coastal fishery species inferred from otolith chemistry and microstructure: implications for management17
Lethal and sublethal effects of simulated dredged sediment deposition on overwintering blue crabs Callinectes sapidus17
Grazer commensalism varies across the species range edge: host chiton size influences epibiont limpet incidence and spatial segregation17
Relationship between pumping rate and particle capture efficiency in three species of bivalves16
Recent divergent changes in Alaskan pinniped trophic position detected using compound-specific stable isotope analysis16
Investigating growth and reproduction of the Mediterranean swordfish Xiphias gladius through a full life cycle bioenergetics model16
Sea-ice and macrozooplankton distribution as determinants of top predator community structure in Antarctic winter16
Size-fractioned zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea: macroecological patterns across biogeography, climate, and varying ecosystem state (1989-2020)16
Failure of bivalve foundation species recruitment related to trophic changes during an extreme heatwave event16
Spatiotemporal models highlight influence of oceanographic conditions on common dolphin bycatch risk in the Bay of Biscay15
Time-series models and biotelemetry identify behavioral dynamics within a spawning aggregation of a large marine predator15
Ecological aspects and hydrodynamics of hitchhiking remoras Remora spp. associated with sicklefin devil rays Mobula tarapacana15
Food selectivity, diel feeding, and effect of light intensity on prey consumption, growth and survival of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares larvae15
Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic status15
Oyster reefs as habitat for aquatic macrofauna in a Gulf of Mexico estuary: biotic complexity at spatial, ecological, and demographic scales15
Wave exposure influences kelp morphological and biomechanical phenotypic plasticity15
Both wind and flying with conspecifics influence the flight dynamics of a seabird15
Expanding on a marine food web using parasitological data15
Spatial variability of epi- and mesopelagic 38 kHz backscatter from nekton and macrozooplankton across the southeastern US shelf break15
Physiological responses of the symbiotic octocoral Muricea laxa to dynamic thermal conditions15
Time-series dynamics in symbiont communities of acroporid corals undergoing cold stress in winter15
Evidence of shared trends in juvenile fish recruitment to nearshore seagrass habitats of the eastern Gulf of Mexico15
Linking ecosystem pressures and marine macroinvertebrate ecosystem services in mangroves and seagrasses15
Calcified coralline algae have similar caloric value to uncalcified algae14
Trophic ecology, based on stable isotope values, of long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas stranded on the Icelandic coast14
Interactions between anchovy fisheries and Peruvian boobies revealed by bird-borne cameras and movement loggers14
Discovery and dynamics of a cryptic marine copepod-parasite interaction14
Spawning migration and larval dispersal of tropical Pacific eels (Anguilla spp.) in the centre of their distribution ranges14
Effects of migrating mesopelagic fishes on the biological carbon pump14
Using stable isotope chronologies within squid gladii (Doryteuthis gahi) to evaluate dietary differences by fishing region and season14
Blue mussels in western Norway have vanished where in reach of crawling predators14
Tracking the movements of North Atlantic seabirds: steps towards a better understanding of population dynamics and marine ecosystem conservation14
Sea cage aquaculture may provide an energetic subsidy to wild juvenile cod in coastal bays of southern Newfoundland, Canada14
Patterns in macrobenthic diversity in the lower shore of northeastern Atlantic macrotidal sandy beaches13
Predatory impact on ichthyoplankton by Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) is size-dependent: an experimental approach13
Effects of egg mass and local climate on morphology of East Pacific leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea hatchlings in Costa Rica13
Distinct natal origins based on vertebral ring analysis corroborate the migration pattern of Pacific bluefin tuna in the North Pacific Ocean13
Effect of sea cage aquaculture on the length, weight, and condition of wild Atlantic cod Gadus morhua13
From fringe to basin: unravelling the survival strategies of Calanus hyperboreus and C. glacialis in the Arctic Ocean13
DNA analysis of scats reveals spatial and temporal structure in the diversity of harbour seal diet from local haulouts to oceanographic bioregions13
Larvae from three Caribbean corals settle differently in response to crustose coralline algae and their bacterial communities13
Energy allocation trade-offs between life-history traits in the Mediterranean sardine: an ecophysiological approach13
Direct and indirect pathways for environmental drivers of hatching success in the loggerhead sea turtle13
Divergent learning responses to a spatially consistent olfactory stimulus in two reef shark species13
Seasonal changes in facilitation between an ascidian and a kelp in Patagonia13
Predation refuge values of marsh and mangrove vegetation for the marsh periwinkle Littoraria irrorata13
Extreme dietary specialisation in adult male southern elephant seals: determining variation between individual trophic diets13
Effect of diet composition and temperature on the gastric evacuation rate of European sardine: implication for egg predation estimates13
Quantifying sponge host and microbial symbiont contribution to dissolved organic matter uptake through cell separation12
Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web12
Impact of ocean carbonation on long-term regulation of light harvesting in eelgrass Zostera marina12
Migration, aggregation, and philopatry of two nearshore elasmobranch species in the Southern California Bight12
Habitat-based density models of pack-ice seal distribution in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica12
Impacts of thermal effluent on Posidonia oceanica and associated macrofauna12
Ecological mechanisms generating variable first-year growth in Paralichthys lethostigma, a coastal flatfish12
Examining the accuracy of ROV-based biodiversity surveys in remote, shallow coral reef habitats12
Combined impacts of natural recruitment and active propagation for coral population recovery on the Great Barrier Reef12
Ocean acidification reduces the growth of two Southern Ocean phytoplankton12
Timing mussel deployments to improve reintroduction success and restoration efficiency12
The diversity of demersal assemblages of the western English Channel and the Celtic Sea12
Migration timing affects the foraging ecology of Fraser River sockeye salmon stocks in coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada12
Climate-induced changes in ocean productivity and food-web functioning are projected to markedly affect European fisheries catch12
Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts12
Trophic ecology of Carolina Sphyrna gilberti and scalloped S. lewini hammerheads in the southeastern USA12
Inshore juvenile lobsters threatened by warming waters and migratory fish predators in southern New England12
Assessing the demographic connectivity of common cockles in a shallow estuary as a basis for fisheries management and stock protection efforts12
Bycatch in the West Greenland lumpfish fishery, with particular focus on the common eider population12
CORRIGENDUM: Stock structure and effective population size of the commercially exploited gummy shark Mustelus antarcticus11
Correction: Behavior and inter-island movements of satellite-tagged humpback whales in Hawai’i, USA11
Hotspot areas of marine introduced species in the Southwestern Atlantic11
Historic dispersal barriers determine genetic structure and connectivity in a supratidal sandy-beach brooder11
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
Phytoplankton size structures and their interactive effects with nutrient conditions on sinking rates in a mariculture system11
CORRECTION: A generic approach to develop a trait-based indicator of trawling-induced disturbance11
Thermal tolerance differs between co-occurring congeneric beetle species in marine supratidal rockpools11
Microbial structural shifts and enhanced carbon metabolism following coral restoration on Wuzhizhou Island, China11
Oceanic migration routes and behaviour of the New Zealand longfin eel Anguilla dieffenbachii11
Atlantic inflow is the primary driver of remotely sensed autumn blooms in the Barents Sea11
Sentinels of change: divergence in trophic niche of New Zealand sea lions and fur seals from first human contact to today11
Similar breeding performance despite inter-annual differences in diet composition of seabirds inhabiting a tropical environment11
Bentho-pelagic mismatches in intertidal sandflats in relation to seasonal upwelling: the role of endobenthic ecosystem engineering11
High incidence of partial colony mortality constrains realized growth for three coral species in southeast Florida11
Within- and among-colony variation in non-breeding dispersion of Magellanic penguins breeding along the coast of Argentina11
Spatio-temporal variability in the deposition of beach-cast kelp (wrack) and inter-specific differences in degradation rates11
Zooplankton trophic structure and ecosystem productivity11
Migration and space use by porbeagle sharks Lamna nasus in the northeast Atlantic11
CORRECTION: American lobster Homarus americanus responses to construction and operation of an offshore wind farm in southern New England10
Shifting temperature-abundance relationship for Bering Sea walleye pollock consistent with northward expansion during exceptionally warm conditions10
Long-term data reveal greater intertidal oyster biomass in predicted suitable habitat10
Antipredatory strategies of leatherback sea turtles during internesting intervals on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands10
Blue carbon stocks and cycling in tropical tidal marshes facing grazing pressure10
Assessing the effectiveness of DNA barcoding for exploring hidden genetic diversity in deep-sea fishes10
Diet and feeding strategies of myctophids in the Northeast Atlantic10
Movements of the endangered sei whale Balaenoptera borealis in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean10
Evaluating the time to detect biological effects of ocean acidification and warming: an example using simulations of purple sea urchin settlement10
CORRECTION: Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids reveals dependency on grazing rather than detritivory in mangrove food webs10
Changes in fish assemblages after marine heatwave events in West Hawai‘i Island10
Gannets wintering in the Canary Current and Iberian Coast feed primarily on pelagic fishes and co-occur with trawl and fixed gear fisheries10
Variability in Zostera marina wrack greenhouse gas emissions on a temperate sandy beach10
Assessing marine ecosystem complexity: isotopic integration of the trophic structure of seabird communities from the Southern Ocean10
Using functional diversity to assess fish community susceptibility to multi-species coastal gillnetting in the East and South Brazilian Shelves10
Shy albatross Thalassarche cauta chick mortality and heat stress in a temperate climate10
Macrocystis pyrifera forest development shapes the physical environment through current velocity reduction10
Drivers of coral mortality in non-acute disturbance periods10
Nutrient enrichment can increase the thermal performance of Galápagos seaweeds10
Offshore behavioral contingent of an estuarine fish population, common snook Centropomus undecimalis10
Origins of natural and anthropogenic sounds in a coastal, seasonally ice-covered, Antarctic marine soundscape10
Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements10
Effect of tidal resuspension with oyster biodeposits on nutrient and oxygen dynamics10
CORRECTION: Dietary shifts and energetics of Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus in the Gulf of Maine10
Characterization and spatial variation of the deep-sea fish assemblages on Pioneer Bank, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands10
Trophic structure and resource utilization of the coastal fish community in the western Wadden Sea: evidence from stable isotope data analysis10
Bottom temperature warming and its impact on demersal fish off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan9
Intraspecific variation in seagrass anti-herbivore defenses along a natural gradient in phosphorus availability impacts herbivore feeding decisions9
Greater exposure of nearshore habitats in the Bering Sea makes fish early life stages vulnerable to climate change9
Increased temperature reduces the positive effect of sulfide-detoxification mutualism on Zostera noltii nutrient uptake and growth9
Patterns, efficiency and ecosystem effects when fishing Calanus finmarchicus in the Norwegian Sea—using an individual-based model9
Year-to-year density fluctuations in clams Ruditapes philippinarum linked to wind-induced disturbance during juvenile to subadult stages9
Phoretic sharksuckers Echeneis naucrates associated with an elasmobranch host occupy higher relative trophic positions9
Effects of wind on the movement, behavior, energetics, and life history of seabirds9
Trade-offs in prey quantity and quality in gray whale foraging9
Autumn coral bleaching in Hawai‘i9
Stable isotope record from a resident New Zealand seabird community suggests changes in distribution but not trophic position since 18789
Daylength influences reproductive success and sporophyte growth in the Arctic kelp species Alaria esculenta9
The neglected role of omnivore fish in the overgrazing of Mediterranean rocky reefs9
Luck and tactics in foraging success: the case of the imperial shag9
Seasonal and interannual changes in a coastal Antarctic zooplankton community9
Brood-grooming behavior of American lobsters Homarus americanus in conditions of ocean warming and acidification9
Seabird responses to ecosystem changes driven by marine heatwaves in a warming Arctic9
Clear-cut wave height thresholds reveal dominance shifts in assemblage patterns on rocky shores9
Three centuries of biogeochemical change in a temperate embayment as revealed by sediment core stable isotopes, radiometric dating, and historical ecology9
Landscape-scale variation in a sulfur-based sediment stress indicator for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay, USA9
A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research9
Evidence of shifts in habitat use of two snappers (Lutjanidae) in a tropical estuarine bay subjected to seasonal upwelling9
Inducible defenses in an estuarine bivalve do not alter predator handling times and are not affected by climate change9
Spatial assessment of albatrosses, commercial fisheries, and bycatch incidents on Canada’s Pacific coast9
Maintenance of long-term equilibrium in a perturbed metacommunity of sub-arctic marine fishes9
Effects of increasing temperature on the photosynthetic activity and oxygen balance of sheath-covered seagrass Zostera marina seeds9
Thermally insensitive physiological performance allows neonatal sharks to use coastal habitats as nursery areas9
Distributions of threatened skates and commercial fisheries inform conservation hotspots9
Diverse stability responses of a sub-Antarctic invertebrate understorey community to experimental giant kelp removal9
Non-trophic interactions amplify kelp harvest-induced biomass oscillations and biomass changes in a kelp forest ecological network model8
Depth and substrate type influence community structure and diversity of wood and whale-bone habitats on the deep NE Pacific margin8
Benthic modification and biotic associations at natural and artificial habitats excavated by Epinephelus morio and Lutjanus campechanus8
Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis8
Subantarctic Front variability: a potential driver of Patagonian scallop Zygochlamys patagonica recruitment fluctuations8
Microbial-driven impact on aquatic phosphate fluxes in a coastal peatland8
Effects of food supply on northern bay scallops Argopecten irradians reared under two pCO2 conditions8
Effects of sea ice cover, temperature and predation on the stock dynamics of the key Arctic fish species polar cod Boreogadus saida8
Genetic population structure and demographic history of the sailfin sandfish Arctoscopus japonicus associated with sea level changes during the Last Glacial Maximum8
Simulating fish population responses to elevated CO2: a case study using winter flounder8
Lipid markers and compound-specific carbon isotopes as diet and biosynthesis reflectors in the northern Neptune whelk Neptunea heros8
Influence of extreme cold and warm oceanographic events on larval fish assemblages in the southern region of the California Current8
Photosynthetic pigments of co-occurring Northeast Atlantic Laminaria spp. are unaffected by decomposition8
Advancing research in marine functional connectivity for improved policy and management8
Phenotypic plasticity expands oyster survival and realized niche space across tidal elevations8
Freshening of Great Barrier Reef waters is deleterious for larval crown-of-thorns starfish, counter to the terrestrial runoff hypothesis8
Juvenile growth deficit as an early alert of cockle Cerastoderma edule mortality8
Laysan albatross exhibit complex behavioral plasticity in the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific Ocean8
Northwest range shifts and shorter wintering period of an Arctic seabird in response to four decades of changing ocean climate8
Potential climate-driven changes to seabird demography: implications for assessments of marine renewable energy development8
Fish size spectra from imaging sonar reveal variation in habitat use across nearshore coastal ecosystems8
Subtidal temperate reefs in marginal seas enhance biodiversity, food web complexity, and ecosystem stability8
Influences of environmental and individual-level covariates on movement behaviour in American lobster Homarus americanus8
Sub-lethal and lethal effects of chronic and extreme multiple stressors on a critical New Zealand bivalve under hypoxia8
Nearshore fish abundance in an urban estuary is weakly associated with shoreline conditions across spatial scales8
Deriving connectivity from relatedness: broad-scale isolation-by-distance in the shanny Lipophrys pholis7
Habitat use of the northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus near Jan Mayen, North Atlantic7
Shark depredation in a commercial trolling fishery in sub-tropical Australia7
Testing macroecological hypotheses in sandy beach populations: the wedge clam Donax hanleyanus in South America7
Trophic ecology of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: insights from stable isotope analysis and niche modelling7
CORRECTION: The capacity of imaging sonar for quantifying the abundance, species richness, and size of reef fish assemblages7
Benthic fauna along sandy beaches enriched by metals after mining disaster7
Ontogenetic patterns in juvenile blue crab density: effects of habitat and turbidity in a Chesapeake Bay tributary7
Diel fish migration facilitates functional connectivity of coral reef and seagrass habitats via transport of ectoparasites7
Use and prevalence of novel bubble-net foraging strategy in Western Antarctic humpback whales7
Acoustic characterization of juvenile Pacific salmon distributions along an eco-engineered seawall7
Survival of Atlantic salmon and sea trout smolts in transitional waters7
Validating the use of bulk tissue stable isotope and amino acid δ15N values measured in molted hair and epidermis of elephant seals to assess temporal foraging niche specialization7
Mangrove-driven acidification and shell dissolution on intertidal oyster reefs in a subtropical estuary7
Fat dynamics at the onset of sexual maturation in Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: the dual-fuel powering used by ‘maatjes’ herring7
CORRECTION: Larval connectivity for European green crab management in the Salish Sea and surrounding waters7
Low light exacerbates effects of marine heatwaves on seaweeds7
Blue carbon biomass stocks but not sediment stocks or burial rates exhibit global patterns in re-established mangrove chronosequences: a meta-analysis7
Glimpsing the 2020 spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia (Canada) with autonomous ferry-based sensors7
Tidal water exchange drives fish and crustacean abundances in salt marshes7
Land-dependent marine species face climate-driven impacts on land and at sea7
Long-term monitoring of benthic communities reveals spatial determinants of disturbance and recovery dynamics on coral reefs7
Tidal restrictions in a central Californian estuarine system are associated with higher mean pH, but increased low-pH exposure7
Estimates of sponge consumption rates on an Indo-Pacific reef7
Trophic stability and change across a sea ice cover gradient on the western Antarctic Peninsula7
Resilience of coastal marine metacommunities to increasing hydraulic connectivity7
Lipids in meso- and bathypelagic fishes from the North Atlantic Ocean: dietary inputs suggested from fatty acid trophic markers7
Different resiliencies in coral communities over ecological and geological time scales in American Samoa7
Contrasting ontogenetic shifts in habitat and metabolism of three sympatric key deep-sea fishes7
Seascape structure likely influences marsh-derived resource use by highly abundant estuarine consumers over a small spatial scale7
Long-term observations of a sponge in situ reveal a rich repertoire of contractile behaviors, including winter dormancy7
Integrated population model reveals human and environment driven changes in Baltic ringed seal Pusa hispida botnica demography and behavior7
Evidence of likely foraging by pygmy blue whales in the Timor Trough during the late austral winter and early austral spring7
Tracking young-of-the-year gray seals Halichoerus grypus to estimate fishery encounter risk7
Visual habitat selection by juvenile fish in response to seagrass with different structural complexity7
Resilient protected area network enables species adaptation that mitigates the impact of a crash in food supply7
Subcuticular and biofilm microbiomes in Holothuria tubulosa and their potential for denitrification7
Growth and survival dynamics of mesophotic coral juveniles in shallow reefs7
Pre-industrial ecology and foraging behavior of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the eastern North Pacific7
Hyperdominance and habitat composition drive reef fish foraging at Atlantic oceanic islands7
Marine bird mass mortality events as an indicator of the impacts of ocean warming7
Invertebrate communities on shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary7
Fatty acid profiles of mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari reflect diet variability of its main prey, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba7
Extreme population densities reduce reproductive effort of Atlantic sea scallops in high-density recruitment events6
Variability in antimicrobial chemical defenses in the Caribbean sponge Agelas tubulata: implications for disease resistance and resilience6
Assessing sea floor functional biodiversity and vulnerability6
Diatoms and fatty acid production in Arctic and estuarine ecosystems—a reassessment of marine food webs, with a focus on the timing of shorebird migration6
Microhabitat use by recently settled Sparisoma parrotfishes: ontogenetic shifts and association with algal-gardening damselfishes6
Nocturnal distributions of juvenile Pacific salmon along an eco-engineered marine shoreline6
Impacts of biomedical bleeding on locomotion and mating behavior in the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus6
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