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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science58
Trophic structure of southern marine ecosystems: a comparative isotopic analysis from the Beagle Channel to the oceanic Burdwood Bank area under a wasp-waist assumption44
Poor body condition associated with an unusual mortality event in gray whales42
Predicting changes in distribution of a large coastal shark in the face of the strengthening East Australian Current41
Variation in the diet of beluga whales in response to changes in prey availability: insights on changes in the Beaufort Sea ecosystem39
Multi-decadal decline in cover of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera at the southern limit of its Australian range39
Climate alters the migration phenology of coastal marine species38
Disclosing the truth: Are models better than observations?37
Carbon sequestration potential increased by incomplete anaerobic decomposition of kelp detritus36
Highly variable taxa-specific coral bleaching responses to thermal stresses35
When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems35
Half a century of monitoring macrobenthic animals on tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea34
Antarctic krill Euphausia superba: spatial distribution, abundance, and management of fisheries in a changing climate30
Littoral habitats as major nursery areas for fish species in estuaries: a reinforcement of the reduced predation paradigm30
Environmental conditions are poor predictors of immature white shark Carcharodon carcharias occurrences on coastal beaches of eastern Australia29
Ecosystem-level effects of large-scale disturbance in kelp forests29
MPA network design based on graph theory and emergent properties of larval dispersal29
Links in the trophic chain: modeling functional relationships between in situ oceanography, krill, and blue whale distribution under different oceanographic regimes28
Breeding seabirds increase foraging range in response to an extreme marine heatwave28
Prevalence of microplastics and anthropogenic debris within a deep-sea food web28
Seasonal diving and foraging behaviour of Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales27
Flexibility in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba decouples diet and recruitment from overwinter sea-ice conditions in the northern Antarctic Peninsula27
Water masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas26
Regional-scale variability in the movement ecology of marine fishes revealed by an integrative acoustic tracking network25
Sensitivity of a shark nursery habitat to a changing climate25
Killer whale movements on the Norwegian shelf are associated with herring density25
Little evidence that lowering the pH of concrete supports greater biodiversity on tropical and temperate seawalls25
Rimicaris exoculata: biology and ecology of a shrimp from deep-sea hydrothermal vents associated with ectosymbiotic bacteria25
Sulfur isotopes (δ34S) in Arctic marine mammals: indicators of benthic vs. pelagic foraging24
Demersal fish predators of gelatinous zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean24
The need to employ reliable and reproducible species identifications in coralline algal research23
Stress-on-stress responses of a marine mussel, Perna canaliculus: food limitation reduces the ability to cope with heat stress in juveniles23
Sea urchin mass mortality rapidly restores kelp forest communities23
Shady business: the darkening of estuaries constrains benthic ecosystem function23
Foraging ecology of the common dolphin Delphinus delphis revealed by stable isotope analysis23
Anthropogenic pressures on reef-associated sharks in jurisdictions with and without directed shark fishing22
Bayesian approach for predicting photogrammetric uncertainty in morphometric measurements derived from drones22
Low male production at the world’s largest green turtle rookery22
Genotypic variation in response to extreme events may facilitate kelp adaptation under future climates21
Warming sea surface temperatures fuel summer epidemics of eelgrass wasting disease21
Population abundance of recovering humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae and other baleen whales in the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic21
Critical threshold identified in the functional relationship between beaked whales and their prey20
Trialling seawater irrigation to combat the high nest temperature feminisation of green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchlings20
In situ eutrophication stimulates dinitrogen fixation, denitrification, and productivity in Red Sea coral reefs20
Pinna nobilis in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon: a story of colonization and uncertainty20
Tracking movements of decapod crustaceans: a review of a half-century of telemetry-based studies20
Match-mismatch dynamics in the Norwegian-Barents Sea system20
Coral husbandry for ocean futures: leveraging abiotic factors to increase survivorship, growth, and resilience in juvenile Montipora capitata20
Larger females have more calves: influence of maternal body length on fecundity in North Atlantic right whales19
Killer whales are attracted to herring fishing vessels19
Age-specific behavior and habitat use in humpback whales: implications for vessel strike19
Variation in dive behavior of Cuvier’s beaked whales with seafloor depth, time-of-day, and lunar illumination19
Oceanographic conditions associated with white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) habitat use along eastern Australia18
Scalability and performance tradeoffs in quantifying relationships between elevation and tidal wetland plant communities18
Effects of vessel sound on oyster toadfish Opsanus tau calling behavior18
Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements17
Spatial ecology of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus in Mediterranean deep-water environments: implications for designing no-take marine reserves17
Tracking the movements of North Atlantic seabirds: steps towards a better understanding of population dynamics and marine ecosystem conservation17
Size and body condition of sympatric killer whale ecotypes around the Antarctic Peninsula17
Catchability of reef fish species in traps is strongly affected by water temperature and substrate17
Mesozooplankton biomass and temperature-enhanced grazing along a 110°E transect in the eastern Indian Ocean17
Estimating the cost of growth in southern right whales from drone photogrammetry data and long-term sighting histories17
Zooplankton trophic structure and ecosystem productivity17
Climate-change impacts and fisheries management challenges in the North Atlantic Ocean17
Ecological connectivity with mangroves influences tropical seagrass population longevity and meadow traits within an island ecosystem17
Diet of dominant demersal fish species in the Baltic Sea: Is flounder stealing benthic food from cod?16
Climate and season are associated with prevalence and distribution of trans-hemispheric blue crab reovirus (Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1)16
Gelatinous and soft-bodied zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: organic, elemental, and energy contents16
Sediment biogeochemistry along an oyster aquaculture chronosequence16
Nearshore ecosystems on seabird islands are potentially influenced by invasive predator eradications and environmental conditions: a case study at the Mercury Islands, New Zealand16
Trophic cascades and connectivity in coastal benthic marine ecosystems: a meta-analysis of experimental and observational research16
Climate-associated trends and variability in ichthyoplankton phenology from the longest continuous larval fish time series on the east coast of the United States16
Ontogenetic feeding ecology of the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in the Colombian Eastern Tropical Pacific16
Unified natural mortality estimation for teleosts and elasmobranchs15
Regional differences in Kemp’s ridley sea turtle growth trajectories and expected age at maturation15
Predicting cold-water bleaching in corals: role of temperature, and potential integration of light exposure15
Biogeography of polychaete worms (Annelida) of the world15
Agent-based modeling and genetics reveal the Limfjorden, Denmark, as a well-connected system for mussel larvae15
A multi-spectral fluorescence induction and relaxation (FIRe) technique for physiological and taxonomic analysis of phytoplankton communities15
Effect of diet on breeders and inheritance in syngnathids: application of isotopic experimentally derived data to field studies15
Multiscale spatial variability in epibiont assemblage structure associated with stipes of kelp Laminaria hyperborea in the northeast Atlantic15
Climate variability and breeding parameters of a transhemispheric migratory seabird over seven decades15
Changing with the tides: fine-scale larval fish prey availability and predation pressure near a tidally modulated river plume15
Metabolism of a subtidal rocky mussel reef in a high-temperate setting: pathways of organic C flow15
Comprehensive assessment of shallow surf zone fish biodiversity requires a combination of sampling methods15
Assessing the spatiotemporal persistence of fish distributions: a case study on two red mullet species (Mullus surmuletus and M. barbatus) in the western Mediterranean15
Green turtle mitochondrial microsatellites indicate finer-scale natal homing to isolated islands than to continental nesting sites15
Atlantic fishes in the Mediterranean: using biological traits to assess the origin of newcomer fishes15
Time-series of direct primary production and phytoplankton biomass in the southeastern Bering Sea: responses to cold and warm stanzas15
Assessing size-based exposure to microplastic particles and ingestion pathways in zooplankton and herring in a coastal pelagic ecosystem of British Columbia, Canada15
Harmful algal blooms as a sink for inorganic nutrients in a eutrophic estuary15
The effects of nutritional state, sex and body size on the marine migration behaviour of sea trout15
Resilience of plankton trophic structure to an eddy-stimulated diatom bloom in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre15
Habitat fragmentation causes collapse of kelp recruitment15
Marine mammal hotspots in the Greenland and Barents Seas15
Modelling the annual primary production of an intertidal brown algal community based on in situ measurements15
Large-scale eelgrass transplantation: a measure for carbon and nutrient sequestration in estuaries15
Low temperature exposure determines performance and thermal microhabitat use in an intertidal gastropod (Littorina scutulata) during the winter14
Fine-scale larval fish distributions and predator-prey dynamics in a coastal river-dominated ecosystem14
Tags below three percent of body mass increase nest abandonment by rhinoceros auklets, but handling impacts decline as breeding progresses14
Measurement of swimming ability in larval marine fishes: comparison of critical speed with in situ speed14
Coral defences: the perilous transition of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish to corallivory14
Winners and losers: prevalence of non-indigenous species under simulated marine heatwaves and high propagule pressure14
Disturbance intensity, disturbance extent and ocean climate modulate kelp forest understory communities14
Using the VEMCO Positioning System (VPS) to explore fine-scale movements of aquatic species: applications, analytical approaches and future directions14
Boosted regression tree models predict the diets of juvenile bull sharks in a subtropical estuary14
Effects of increased irradiance on biomass, photobiology, nutritional quality, and pigment composition of Arctic sea ice algae14
Microbiome analyses and presence of cable bacteria in the burrow sediment of Upogebia pugettensis14
Inter-population synchrony in adult survival and effects of climate and extreme weather in non-breeding areas of Atlantic puffins14
Seasonal variations in migration strategy of a longdistance Arctic-breeding seabird14
Strong migratory connectivity across meta-populations of sympatric North Atlantic seabirds13
Harbour seals responded differently to pulses of out-migrating coho and Chinook smolts13
Climate change in the Bay of Biscay: Changes in spatial biodiversity patterns could be driven by the arrivals of southern species13
Movement patterns of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus based on acoustic telemetry around oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico13
Reconstruction of temperature experienced by Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis larvae using SIMS and microvolume CF-IRMS otolith oxygen isotope analyses13
Climate change winner in the deep sea? Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii13
Ice algae resource utilization by benthic macro- and megafaunal communities on the Pacific Arctic shelf determined through lipid biomarker analysis13
Genetic differences in thermal tolerance among colonies of threatened coral Acropora cervicornis: potential for adaptation to increasing temperature13
Unexpected diversity of Endozoicomonas in deep-sea corals13
Acute and chronic behavioral effects of kelp gull micropredation on southern right whale mother-calf pairs off Península Valdés, Argentina13
Otolith-derived field metabolic rates of myctophids (Family Myctophidae) from the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)13
Year-round offshore distribution, behaviour, and overlap with commercial fisheries of a Critically Endangered small petrel13
Dissolved organic matter from tropical peatlands reduces shelf sea light availability in the Singapore Strait, Southeast Asia13
High-resolution fisheries data reveal effects of bivalve dredging on benthic communities in stressed coastal systems13
Prey tell: what quillback rockfish early life history traits reveal about their survival in encounters with juvenile coho salmon12
Sympatry and resource partitioning between the largest krill consumers around the Antarctic Peninsula12
Environmental predictors of sediment denitrification rates within restored green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus beds12
Distribution and thermal niche of the common skate species complex in the north-east Atlantic12
Sexual segregation of gannet foraging over 11 years: movements vary but isotopic differences remain stable12
Sound characterization and fine-scale spatial mapping of an estuarine soundscape in the southeastern USA12
Modelled larval supply predicts coral population recovery potential following disturbance12
Year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: applications for population management and marine spatial planning12
Fine-scale automatic mapping of living Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds with underwater photogrammetry12
Global climate changes over time shape the environmental niche distribution of Octopus insularis in the Atlantic Ocean12
Otolith-based approaches indicate strong effects of environmental variation on growth of a Critically Endangered estuarine fish12
Tracking the marine migration routes of South Pacific silver eels12
Dietary and reproductive biomarkers in a generalist apex predator reveal differences in nutritional ecology across life stages12
Only a few key prey species fuel a temperate coastal fish food web12
Stable isotopes of amino acids from reef fishes uncover Suess and nitrogen enrichment effects on local ecosystems12
Patterns of sea ice drift and polar bear (Ursus maritimus) movement in Hudson Bay11
Assessing the importance of zooplankton sampling patterns with an ecosystem model11
Differential responses in anti-predation traits of the native oyster Ostrea edulis and invasive Magallana gigas to ocean acidification and warming11
Northwest range shifts and shorter wintering period of an Arctic seabird in response to four decades of changing ocean climate11
Post-fledging movements, mortality and migration of juvenile northern gannets11
The importance of marine resources in the diet of urban gulls11
Spatio-temporal variability in the deposition of beach-cast kelp (wrack) and inter-specific differences in degradation rates11
Ice-algal carbon supports harp and ringed seal diets in the European Arctic: evidence from fatty acid and stable isotope markers11
Evidence of a ‘dinner bell’ effect from acoustic transmitters in adult Chinook salmon11
Long-term tracking of an Arctic-breeding seabird indicates high fidelity to pelagic wintering areas11
Ontogenetic shifts in home range size of a top predatory reef-associated fish (Caranx ignobilis): implications for conservation11
Beyond a single patch: local and regional processes explain diversity patterns in a seagrass epifaunal metacommunity11
Biological traits of benthic macrofauna show sizebased differences in response to bottom trawling intensity11
Global synthesis of sea turtle von Bertalanffy growth parameters through Bayesian hierarchical modeling11
Seasonal migrations of pregnant blue sharks Prionace glauca in the northwestern Pacific11
Synergistic effects of salinity and temperature on the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica throughout the lifespan11
Settlement processes induce differences in daily growth rates between two co-existing ecotypes of juvenile cod Gadus morhua11
Seasonal variation in the phenology of Atlantic tarpon in the Florida Keys: migration, occupancy, repeatability, and management implications11
Searching on the edge: dynamic oceanographic features increase foraging opportunities in a small pelagic seabird11
Incident light on mesophotic corals is constrained by reef topography and colony morphology11
Foraging behaviour and movements of an ambush predator reveal benthopelagic coupling on artificial reefs11
Effect of biological and anthropogenic sound on the orientation behavior of four species of brachyuran crabs10
Influence of environmental variability on harbour porpoise movement10
Daylength influences reproductive success and sporophyte growth in the Arctic kelp species Alaria esculenta10
Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries10
Daily and seasonal movements of Cape Cod gray seals vary with predation risk10
Effect of temperature and feeding on carbon budgets and O2 dynamics in Pocillopora damicornis10
Acoustic tracking of a large predatory marine gastropod, Charonia tritonis, on the Great Barrier Reef10
Body condition and migration timing of east Australian humpback whales10
Machine learning analysis reveals relationship between pomacentrid calls and environmental cues10
Resolving community metabolism of eelgrass Zostera marina meadows by benthic flume-chambers and eddy covariance in dynamic coastal environments10
Environmental drivers of the physiological condition of mature female Antarctic krill during the spawning season: implications for krill recruitment10
Environmental drivers of diving behavior and space-use of juvenile endangered Caribbean hawksbill sea turtles identified using acoustic telemetry10
Ocean acidification impacts on biomass and fatty acid composition of a post-bloom marine plankton community10
Biogeophysical influence of large-scale bathymetric habitat types on mesophotic and upper bathyal demersal fish assemblages: a Hawaiian case study10
Abundance, distribution, and feeding ecology of Pyrosoma atlanticum in the Northern California Current10
Demographic responses to environmental change of the black-browed albatross, sentinel of the Patagonian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem10
Arctic terns from circumpolar breeding colonies share common migratory routes10
Breeding success of short-tailed shearwaters following extreme environmental conditions10
Food-web fluxes support high rates of mesozooplankton respiration and production in the equatorial Pacific10
Integration of temporal environmental variation by the marine plankton community10
Identifying spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris longirostris movement and behavioral patterns to inform conservation strategies in Maui Nui, Hawai‘i10
From warm to cold waters: new insights into the habitat and trophic ecology of Southern Ocean squids throughout their life cycle10
Isotopic niche partitioning between two small cetacean species10
Ecological engineering across organismal scales: trophic-mediated positive effects of microhabitat enhancement on fishes10
Population structure and environmental niches of Rimicaris shrimps from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge10
A two-fold increase in migration distance does not have breeding consequences in a long-distance migratory seabird with high flight costs10
A generic approach to develop a trait-based indicator of trawling-induced disturbance10
Stable isotopes suggest fine-scale sexual segregation in an isolated, endangered sperm whale population10
Thermally insensitive physiological performance allows neonatal sharks to use coastal habitats as nursery areas9
Intraspecific competition in size-structured populations: ontogenetic shift in the importance of interference competition in a key marine herbivore9
Soundscapes indicate kelp forest condition9
Large-scale comparison of biomass and reproductive phenology among native and non-native populations of the seagrass Zostera japonica9
Microbial respiration in the asteroid diffusive boundary layer influenced sea star wasting disease during the 2013-2014 northeast Pacific Ocean mass mortality event9
Biochemical adaptation by the tropical copepods Apocyclops royi and Pseudodiaptomus annandalei to a PUFA-poor brackish water habitat9
Sciaenid courtship sounds correlate with juvenile appearance and abundance in the May River, South Carolina, USA9
Small-scale heterogeneity of fish diversity evaluated by environmental DNA analysis in eelgrass beds9
Isotopic characterization of lifetime movement by two demersal fishes from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico9
Spatial trophic variability of a coastal apex predator, the giant trevally Caranx ignobilis, in the western Indian Ocean9
Mesophotic coral reef community structure: the constraints of imagery collected by unmanned vehicles9
Biodiversity, community structure and ecosystem function on kelp and wood falls in the Norwegian deep sea9
Putting prey into the picture: improvements to species distribution models for bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand9
From trips to bouts to dives: temporal patterns in the diving behaviour of chick-rearing Adélie penguins, East Antarctica9
Parrotfish soundscapes: implications for coral reef management9
Ecological drivers of the high predation of sea turtle hatchlings during emergence9
Basin-wide infaunalisation of benthic soft-bottom communities driven by anthropogenic habitat degradation in the northern Adriatic Sea9
Low growth resilience of subarctic rhodoliths (Lithothamnion glaciale) to coastal eutrophication9
Inter-colony foraging dynamics and breeding success relate to prey availability in a pursuit-diving seabird9
Context-dependency of eelgrass-clam interactions: implications for coastal restoration9
Investigating avoidance and attraction responses in lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus to offshore wind farms9
Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury9
Impaired hatching exacerbates the high CO2 sensitivity of embryonic sand lance Ammodytes dubius9
Bi-decadal variability in physico-biogeochemical characteristics of temperate coastal ecosystems: from large-scale to local drivers9
Size-fractionated surface phytoplankton in the Kara and Laptev Seas: environmental control and spatial variability9
Seasonal aggregations of blacktip sharks Carcharhinus limbatus at a marine protected area in the Gulf of California, assessed by unoccupied aerial vehicle surveys9
Comparison of functional diversity of two Alaskan Arctic shelf epibenthic communities9
Ecosystem functioning of canopy- and turf- forming algae: contrasting supply of invertebrate prey to pelagic consumers9
Fine-scale spatial and diel dynamics of zooplanktivorous fish on temperate rocky and artificial reefs9
Foraging success in planktivorous fish increases with topographic blockage of prey distributions9
Effects of oyster age on selective suspension-feeding and the chemical composition of biodeposits: insights from fatty acid analysis9
Shifting baselines: Integrating ecological and isotopic time lags improves trophic position estimates in aquatic consumers9
Tidal channel-mediated gradients facilitate Spartina alterniflora invasion in coastal ecosystems: implications for invasive species management9
Bioenergetic model and specific growth rates of jellyfish Aurelia spp9
Evidence of post-larval growth-selective mortality in Atlantic mackerel revealed by the collection of young-of-the-year juveniles ingested by the northern gannet9
Mangrove carbon sustains artisanal fish and other estuarine consumers in a major mangrove area of the southern Caribbean Sea9
Low spatial overlap between foraging shearwaters during the breeding season and industrial fisheries off the west coast of Portugal9
Invertebrate communities on shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary9
Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus movement dynamics relative to ice breakup in a high Arctic embayment9
Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis9
Feeding habits and trophic interactions of four sympatric hammerhead shark species reveal trophic niche partitioning8
Habitat preferences, foraging behaviour and bycatch risk among breeding sooty shearwaters Ardenna grisea in the Southwest Atlantic8
Spatio-temporal patterns of foraging behaviour in a wide-ranging seabird reveal the role of primary productivity in locating prey8
Seagrass roots strongly reduce cliff erosion rates in sandy sediments8
Varying reef shark abundance trends inside a marine reserve: evidence of a Caribbean reef shark decline8
Consequences of plume encounter on larval fish growth and condition in the Gulf of Mexico8
Food web constraints on larval growth in subtropical coral reef and pelagic fishes8
Seabird reproductive responses to changing climate and prey communities are mediated by prey packaging8
Role of ecological interactions in saltmarsh geomorphic processes8
Earthquake effects on abalone habitats and populations in southern New Zealand8
Interannual stability of phytoplankton community composition in the North-East Atlantic8
Differences in foraging habitat result in contrasting fisheries interactions in two albatross populations8
Predicting sea pen (Pennatulacea) distribution on the UK continental shelf: evidence of range modification by benthic trawling8
Temporal succession of a macrofaunal community associated with kelp fragment accumulations in an in situ experiment8
Feeding at the front line: interannual variation in the use of glacier fronts by foraging black-legged kittiwakes8
Age validation of age 0-3 wild cod Gadus morhua in the western Baltic Sea through mark-recapture and tetracycline marking of otoliths8
Year-round niche segregation of three sympatric Hydrobates storm-petrels from Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, Eastern Pacific8
Diet segregation in Adélie penguins: some individuals attempt to overcome colony-induced and annual foraging challenges8
Trophic ecology of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: insights from stable isotope analysis and niche modelling8
Failure of bivalve foundation species recruitment related to trophic changes during an extreme heatwave event8
Spatial overlap, proximity, and interaction between lobsters revealed using acoustic telemetry8
Residency and habitat use patterns by sympatric stingrays at a remote atoll in the Western Indian Ocean8
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