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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Using ocean gliders to characterize baleen whale habitat in the Northwest Atlantic46
Otolith elemental fingerprints reveal source-sink dynamics between two Greenland halibut nurseries in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf41
Wintering strategies of two king penguin populations of the Southern Indian Ocean40
Migratory behavior and maternal origin of anadromous brown trout in the Baltic Sea39
Insights into the trophic ecology of Etmopterus molleri, one of the smallest shark species: a multi-tracer analysis39
Multi-year migrations of four coastal shark species in the southeastern USA: trends in timing and temperature37
Comparison of video and traps for detecting reef fishes and quantifying species richness in the continental shelf waters of the southeast USA28
Detection of the Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis Philaster clade on sympatric metazoa, plankton, and abiotic surfaces and assessment for its potential reemergence26
Thermal and hypoxia tolerance of sympatric snapper are linked to partitioning of coral-reef habitats26
Variation in marine mammal sulfur stable isotope compositions (δ34S) is driven by sources of primary production, not trophic position26
Proximity to macroalgal beds and herbivory influence the recruitment of macroalgae on an inshore reef in the central Great Barrier Reef25
Priority effects, environmental filtering and neutral coexistence explain large- to small-scale distribution of invasive sun corals in the SW Atlantic25
The sea urchin Diadema antillarum facilitates recruitment of the Critically Endangered Caribbean coral species Acropora palmata25
Distinguishing West Florida gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) nurseries with otolith stable isotopes24
Coral degradation alters community diversity and stability of fish and invertebrate assemblages following recruitment23
Changes in DNA methylation in response to heat stress and symbiotic conditions in coral primary polyps22
Leveraging knowledge gaps in Taiwan’s fisheries: insights from bibliometric and qualitative analyses22
Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)21
Multi-cusped postcanine teeth are associated with zooplankton feeding in phocid seals21
Short-finned pilot whales exhibit behavioral plasticity in foraging strategies mediated by their environment21
Growth of spring- and autumn-spawned larvae of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: a long-term experiment mimicking seasonal light conditions20
Dynamics and aging of green turtle grazing plots at two Caribbean seagrass meadows20
Sediment microtopography predicts localised benthic ecosystem functioning and the effect of species interactions20
Fat fish, thin fish: regime shifts in fish condition and environmental drivers20
Differential response of seabird species to warm- and cold-water events in a heterogeneous cross-shelf environment in the Gulf of Alaska19
Lingering impacts of the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific marine heatwave on seabird demography in Cook Inlet, Alaska (USA)19
Advancing bioenergetics-based modeling to improve climate change projections of marine ecosystems19
Carbon budgets of copepod communities in the northern Humboldt Current System off Peru18
Lethal and sublethal effects of simulated dredged sediment deposition on overwintering blue crabs Callinectes sapidus18
Size-fractioned zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea: macroecological patterns across biogeography, climate, and varying ecosystem state (1989-2020)17
Time-series models and biotelemetry identify behavioral dynamics within a spawning aggregation of a large marine predator17
Long-term changes in deep-sea megafauna community structure in the eastern Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean)17
Linking ecosystem pressures and marine macroinvertebrate ecosystem services in mangroves and seagrasses17
Food selectivity, diel feeding, and effect of light intensity on prey consumption, growth and survival of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares larvae17
Time-series dynamics in symbiont communities of acroporid corals undergoing cold stress in winter16
Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration effects on suspended blue mussel Mytilus sp. health biometrics in Irish waters, 1992-202216
Interactions between anchovy fisheries and Peruvian boobies revealed by bird-borne cameras and movement loggers16
Sharks respond to climate change with a population-level shift in critical habitat16
Observation of discarded appendicularian houses in the benthic and pelagic zones of Spitsbergen fjords using drop-camera imagery16
Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic status16
Calcified coralline algae have similar caloric value to uncalcified algae16
Discovery and dynamics of a cryptic marine copepod-parasite interaction16
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
Both wind and flying with conspecifics influence the flight dynamics of a seabird16
Physiological responses of the symbiotic octocoral Muricea laxa to dynamic thermal conditions15
Ecological aspects and hydrodynamics of hitchhiking remoras Remora spp. associated with sicklefin devil rays Mobula tarapacana15
Seasonal shifts and individual variation in juvenile Atlantic cod diel migration at nearshore nurseries15
Sea-ice and macrozooplankton distribution as determinants of top predator community structure in Antarctic winter15
Expanding on a marine food web using parasitological data15
Characterising the behaviour of bait-attracted blue sharks Prionace glauca using pelagic drift video15
Foraging niche partitioning by sympatrically breeding Antarctic and snow petrels15
Failure of bivalve foundation species recruitment related to trophic changes during an extreme heatwave event15
Put the people first: why communities should be central in mangrove conservation15
Using stable isotope chronologies within squid gladii (Doryteuthis gahi) to evaluate dietary differences by fishing region and season14
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
Fish diversity and juvenile habitat use in Indo-Pacific clear-water mangrove habitats14
Predatory impact on ichthyoplankton by Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) is size-dependent: an experimental approach14
Evidence of shared trends in juvenile fish recruitment to nearshore seagrass habitats of the eastern Gulf of Mexico14
Relationship between pumping rate and particle capture efficiency in three species of bivalves14
Effects of migrating mesopelagic fishes on the biological carbon pump14
Blue mussels in western Norway have vanished where in reach of crawling predators14
Divergent learning responses to a spatially consistent olfactory stimulus in two reef shark species13
Climate-induced changes in ocean productivity and food-web functioning are projected to markedly affect European fisheries catch13
Distinct natal origins based on vertebral ring analysis corroborate the migration pattern of Pacific bluefin tuna in the North Pacific Ocean13
Timing mussel deployments to improve reintroduction success and restoration efficiency13
DNA analysis of scats reveals spatial and temporal structure in the diversity of harbour seal diet from local haulouts to oceanographic bioregions13
Relative role of operational patterns and environmental conditions on cookie cutter shark damage in the Hawai‘i longline fishery13
Energy allocation trade-offs between life-history traits in the Mediterranean sardine: an ecophysiological approach13
Patterns in macrobenthic diversity in the lower shore of northeastern Atlantic macrotidal sandy beaches13
Temporal trends in benthic community composition differ between shallow and mesophotic temperate rocky reefs13
Niche partitioning among abyssal deposit-feeding echinoderms is linked to mobility and gut microbiota13
Effect of sea cage aquaculture on the length, weight, and condition of wild Atlantic cod Gadus morhua13
Threshold velocities for coral rubble bind breakage across varying reef environments13
Larvae from three Caribbean corals settle differently in response to crustose coralline algae and their bacterial communities13
Irukandji jellyfish distributions at Ningaloo Reef: Spatial and temporal patterns of Malo bella (Cubozoa) environmental DNA13
Direct and indirect pathways for environmental drivers of hatching success in the loggerhead sea turtle12
Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts12
Extreme dietary specialisation in adult male southern elephant seals: determining variation between individual trophic diets12
Seasonal changes in facilitation between an ascidian and a kelp in Patagonia12
Ontogenetic vertical migration, seasonality, and long-term increase in mesopelagic fish larvae in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean12
Impacts of thermal effluent on Posidonia oceanica and associated macrofauna12
Migration, aggregation, and philopatry of two nearshore elasmobranch species in the Southern California Bight12
From fringe to basin: unravelling the survival strategies of Calanus hyperboreus and C. glacialis in the Arctic Ocean12
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
Effect of diet composition and temperature on the gastric evacuation rate of European sardine: implication for egg predation estimates12
Inshore juvenile lobsters threatened by warming waters and migratory fish predators in southern New England12
Combined impacts of natural recruitment and active propagation for coral population recovery on the Great Barrier Reef12
Antarctic krill Euphausia superba swarm structure and biomass distribution around the South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean12
Ecological mechanisms generating variable first-year growth in Paralichthys lethostigma, a coastal flatfish12
High incidence of partial colony mortality constrains realized growth for three coral species in southeast Florida11
Seagrass-pathogen interactions and the implications for seed-based restoration in Zostera marina11
Movement ecology of a deep-pelagic mesopredator, the bigscale pomfret: implications for pelagic food web connectivity and fishery susceptibility11
Microbial structural shifts and enhanced carbon metabolism following coral restoration on Wuzhizhou Island, China11
Stress-tolerance trade-offs in mangrove oysters: evidence for compensatory growth under habitat degradation in Gazi Bay, Kenya11
Short-term bacterioplankton responses to black carbon-derived dissolved organic matter additions in Mediterranean seawater11
Trophic ecology of Carolina Sphyrna gilberti and scalloped S. lewini hammerheads in the southeastern USA11
Zooplankton trophic structure and ecosystem productivity11
Similar breeding performance despite inter-annual differences in diet composition of seabirds inhabiting a tropical environment11
Phytoplankton size structures and their interactive effects with nutrient conditions on sinking rates in a mariculture system11
Migration and space use by porbeagle sharks Lamna nasus in the northeast Atlantic11
Oceanic migration routes and behaviour of the New Zealand longfin eel Anguilla dieffenbachii11
Hotspot areas of marine introduced species in the Southwestern Atlantic11
Bycatch in the West Greenland lumpfish fishery, with particular focus on the common eider population11
Assessing the demographic connectivity of common cockles in a shallow estuary as a basis for fisheries management and stock protection efforts11
Atlantic inflow is the primary driver of remotely sensed autumn blooms in the Barents Sea11
Correction: Behavior and inter-island movements of satellite-tagged humpback whales in Hawai’i, USA11
Net autotrophic metabolism in coastal waters of the Subtropical South West Atlantic11
Gannets wintering in the Canary Current and Iberian Coast feed primarily on pelagic fishes and co-occur with trawl and fixed gear fisheries11
Intra- and inter-annual shifts in foraging tactics by parental northern gannets Morus bassanus indicate changing prey fields11
Starvation threshold and fasting endurance of right whales11
CORRECTION: American lobster Homarus americanus responses to construction and operation of an offshore wind farm in southern New England10
Movements of the endangered sei whale Balaenoptera borealis in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean10
Assessing marine ecosystem complexity: isotopic integration of the trophic structure of seabird communities from the Southern Ocean10
Assessing the effectiveness of DNA barcoding for exploring hidden genetic diversity in deep-sea fishes10
Origins of natural and anthropogenic sounds in a coastal, seasonally ice-covered, Antarctic marine soundscape10
Thermal tolerance is associated with enhanced growth and recovery in the reef-building coral Montipora capitata10
Evaluating the time to detect biological effects of ocean acidification and warming: an example using simulations of purple sea urchin settlement10
Within- and among-colony variation in non-breeding dispersion of Magellanic penguins breeding along the coast of Argentina10
Shellfish reefs as Essential Fish Habitats: complementary insights from eDNA and BRUVs in the North Sea10
Diet and feeding strategies of myctophids in the Northeast Atlantic10
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
Seasonality and water masses shape energetics of a high Arctic fish: Quantifying energy density and condition indices10
Network Analysis of Decadal Acoustic Detections Reveals Diverse Movement Behavior in a Large Marine Predator (Carcharhinus leucas)10
Sentinels of change: divergence in trophic niche of New Zealand sea lions and fur seals from first human contact to today10
How tidal elevation affects the interplay between predation and substrate in shellfish recruitment10
CORRECTION: Dietary shifts and energetics of Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus in the Gulf of Maine10
Shy albatross Thalassarche cauta chick mortality and heat stress in a temperate climate10
Drivers of coral mortality in non-acute disturbance periods10
Nutrient enrichment can increase the thermal performance of Galápagos seaweeds10
Using functional diversity to assess fish community susceptibility to multi-species coastal gillnetting in the East and South Brazilian Shelves10
Shifting temperature-abundance relationship for Bering Sea walleye pollock consistent with northward expansion during exceptionally warm conditions10
Genomic evaluation of Australian sub-adult white sharks Carcharodon carcharias reveals kin aggregation with low population size10
Experimental evidence of parasite-induced alteration of host behavior in a complex parasite-host system9
Tidal height normalization (THN)—a new method to study the local vertical distribution of benthic intertidal organisms9
Blue carbon stocks and cycling in tropical tidal marshes facing grazing pressure9
Year-to-year density fluctuations in clams Ruditapes philippinarum linked to wind-induced disturbance during juvenile to subadult stages9
Size-specific predation on an overgrazing sea urchin reveals dominant role of large predatory fish9
Warming simplifies marine ecological networks through losses in trophic and non-trophic interactions9
Seasonal and interannual changes in a coastal Antarctic zooplankton community9
Effects of wind on the movement, behavior, energetics, and life history of seabirds9
Limited effects of non-native Japanese eelgrass on Manila clams in Puget Sound, WA9
Thirty-five years of cetaceans in a canyon: patterns, shifts, and surprises in the Gully marine protected area9
Characterization and spatial variation of the deep-sea fish assemblages on Pioneer Bank, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands9
Changes in fish assemblages after marine heatwave events in West Hawai‘i Island9
Diverse stability responses of a sub-Antarctic invertebrate understorey community to experimental giant kelp removal9
Local dietary adaptations of the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis: responding to human-induced changes in food availability9
Trade-offs in prey quantity and quality in gray whale foraging9
Increased temperature reduces the positive effect of sulfide-detoxification mutualism on Zostera noltii nutrient uptake and growth9
Effects of human modification to freshwater flow on juvenile bull shark movement and residency in a subtropical nursery9
Benthic biodiversity of drifting Furcellaria lumbricalis and Fucus spp. mats similar to seagrass meadows, despite low oxygen concentrations9
Three centuries of biogeochemical change in a temperate embayment as revealed by sediment core stable isotopes, radiometric dating, and historical ecology9
Variation in food resource use differs between marine residents and river migrants in the Japanese seabass Lateolabrax japonicus9
Brood-grooming behavior of American lobsters Homarus americanus in conditions of ocean warming and acidification9
Effects of increasing temperature on the photosynthetic activity and oxygen balance of sheath-covered seagrass Zostera marina seeds9
A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research9
Intraspecific variation in seagrass anti-herbivore defenses along a natural gradient in phosphorus availability impacts herbivore feeding decisions9
Evidence of shifts in habitat use of two snappers (Lutjanidae) in a tropical estuarine bay subjected to seasonal upwelling9
High-resolution ocean sea ice model outputs to predict species distribution: case study of crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus in East Antarctica8
Impaired development of offspring of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica deployed in urban versus non-urban estuaries8
Phenotypic plasticity expands oyster survival and realized niche space across tidal elevations8
Laysan albatross exhibit complex behavioral plasticity in the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific Ocean8
Influence of oceanographic and atmospheric parameters on whale shark Rhincodon typus abundance in Bahía de La Paz, Mexico8
Potential climate-driven changes to seabird demography: implications for assessments of marine renewable energy development8
Ecological patterns and environmental drivers of terrestrial arthropod metacommunities in tidal marshes and adjacent landscapes of the SW Atlantic8
Diversity inhibits colonization in early successional fouling communities8
Freshening of Great Barrier Reef waters is deleterious for larval crown-of-thorns starfish, counter to the terrestrial runoff hypothesis8
Advancing research in marine functional connectivity for improved policy and management8
Resilience of coastal marine metacommunities to increasing hydraulic connectivity8
Seascape structure likely influences marsh-derived resource use by highly abundant estuarine consumers over a small spatial scale8
Allelopathy of Synechococcus increases diversity of coexisting phytoplankton communities8
Fatty acid profiles of mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari reflect diet variability of its main prey, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba8
Nearshore fish abundance in an urban estuary is weakly associated with shoreline conditions across spatial scales8
Seabird responses to ecosystem changes driven by marine heatwaves in a warming Arctic8
Effects of food supply on northern bay scallops Argopecten irradians reared under two pCO2 conditions8
Competition for space limits the expansion of biogenic tubeworm reefs8
Genetic population structure and demographic history of the sailfin sandfish Arctoscopus japonicus associated with sea level changes during the Last Glacial Maximum8
Sub-lethal and lethal effects of chronic and extreme multiple stressors on a critical New Zealand bivalve under hypoxia8
Kelp canopy and adhesives enhance the success of kelp reforestation using the 'green gravel' technique8
Modeling coastal waterbird trends in the transboundary waters of the Salish Sea: a multi-scale approach to meet management planning needs8
Non-trophic interactions amplify kelp harvest-induced biomass oscillations and biomass changes in a kelp forest ecological network model8
Fish size spectra from imaging sonar reveal variation in habitat use across nearshore coastal ecosystems8
Contrasting ontogenetic shifts in habitat and metabolism of three sympatric key deep-sea fishes8
Within-individual behaviour of razorbills Alca torda during the non-breeding season is consistent but not related to personality8
Microbial-driven impact on aquatic phosphate fluxes in a coastal peatland8
Unveiling the mechanisms of grazing resistance in Skeletonema costatum and their associations with environmental factors8
Benthic modification and biotic associations at natural and artificial habitats excavated by Epinephelus morio and Lutjanus campechanus8
Fat dynamics at the onset of sexual maturation in Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: the dual-fuel powering used by ‘maatjes’ herring8
Urban sharks: residency patterns of marine top predators in relation to a coastal metropolis8
Evaluating ecological drivers of fish cannibalism: impacts of populational and environmental factors8
Subtidal temperate reefs in marginal seas enhance biodiversity, food web complexity, and ecosystem stability8
Seasonal residency and large-scale return migration patterns of basking sharks in high-latitude environments of the North Atlantic8
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
Long-term observations of a sponge in situ reveal a rich repertoire of contractile behaviors, including winter dormancy8
Influences of environmental and individual-level covariates on movement behaviour in American lobster Homarus americanus8
Mangrove-driven acidification and shell dissolution on intertidal oyster reefs in a subtropical estuary8
Marine bird mass mortality events as an indicator of the impacts of ocean warming8
Habitat use of the northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus near Jan Mayen, North Atlantic7
Tidal water exchange drives fish and crustacean abundances in salt marshes7
CORRECTION: The capacity of imaging sonar for quantifying the abundance, species richness, and size of reef fish assemblages7
A deep dive into anthozoan communities of two Antarctic seamounts: a comparative study of Maud Rise and Astrid Ridge7
Blue mussels Mytilus edulis and M. trossulus in sympatry: assessment of ecological niche divergence using species distribution modeling7
Incorrect taxonomy confounds future interpretation of ecological data: Comment on Morgulis et al. (2022)7
Trophic ecology of an abundant kelp forest echinoderm, the bat star Patiria miniata7
Habitat complexity and beta-diversity reduce functional vulnerability in reef fish assemblages: implications for MPA management7
Subcuticular and biofilm microbiomes in Holothuria tubulosa and their potential for denitrification7
Tidal restrictions in a central Californian estuarine system are associated with higher mean pH, but increased low-pH exposure7
Sensitivity of a temperate sea anemone and its endosymbionts to thermal extremes7
Ontogenetic patterns in juvenile blue crab density: effects of habitat and turbidity in a Chesapeake Bay tributary7
Unravelling the impact of sand extraction pits on macrobenthos distribution in the Southern North Sea7
Use and prevalence of novel bubble-net foraging strategy in Western Antarctic humpback whales7
Temporal patterns in space use by immature hawksbill turtles: insights from Fastloc-GPS tracking on Reunion Island7
Pre-industrial ecology and foraging behavior of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the eastern North Pacific7
Land-dependent marine species face climate-driven impacts on land and at sea7
Benthic fauna along sandy beaches enriched by metals after mining disaster7
Low light exacerbates effects of marine heatwaves on seaweeds7
Critical evaluation of trophic discrimination factors using compound-specific stable isotopes in a Northwest Atlantic shelf marine food web7
Glimpsing the 2020 spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia (Canada) with autonomous ferry-based sensors7
Trophic stability and change across a sea ice cover gradient on the western Antarctic Peninsula7
Integrated population model reveals human- and environment-driven changes in Baltic ringed seal Pusa hispida botnica demography and behavior7
Blue carbon biomass stocks but not sediment stocks or burial rates exhibit global patterns in re-established mangrove chronosequences: a meta-analysis7
A natural experiment in thermal stratification reveals heterogeneous American lobster settlement dynamics in the Gulf of Maine7
Hyperdominance and habitat composition drive reef fish foraging at Atlantic oceanic islands7
Mass stranding of octocorals following winter storms in southern Portugal7
Testing the ontogenetic migration hypothesis in the emerging Rhode Island Jonah crab fishery using stable isotope analysis7
Diel fish migration facilitates functional connectivity of coral reef and seagrass habitats via transport of ectoparasites7
CORRECTION: Larval connectivity for European green crab management in the Salish Sea and surrounding waters7
Investigating the plasticity of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus migration timing in a changing climate7
Evidence of likely foraging by pygmy blue whales in the Timor Trough during the late austral winter and early austral spring7
Testing macroecological hypotheses in sandy beach populations: the wedge clam Donax hanleyanus in South America7
High CO2 inhibits substratum exploration and settlement of coral larvae7
Comparing UVC and stereo-DOV methods across Indo-Pacific and Caribbean coral reefs reveals location-dependent variation in survey outcomes.7
Biogeography, not intraspecific trait variation, determines macrofaunal communities associated with mussel beds7
Survival of Atlantic salmon and sea trout smolts in transitional waters7
Lipids in meso- and bathypelagic fishes from the North Atlantic Ocean: dietary inputs suggested from fatty acid trophic markers7
Visual habitat selection by juvenile fish in response to seagrass with different structural complexity7
Deriving connectivity from relatedness: broad-scale isolation-by-distance in the shanny Lipophrys pholis7
Otolith microchemistry to investigate nursery site fidelity and connectivity of juvenile European sea bass in Ireland6
Decoupling linked coral and fish trait structure6
Seasonal changes in the dietary patterns and reproductive aspects of deep-water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris in the central Adriatic Sea6
Changes in kelp forest communities off Washington, USA, during and after the 2014-2016 marine heatwave and sea star wasting syndrome6
Ecological consequences of supernumerary arms in eastern Pacific sea stars6
Environmental and stochastic processes drive diatom taxonomic and functional temporal beta diversity6
Growth and population structure of bloody cockles Senilia senilis at Banc d’Arguin and Bijagós with different environmental conditions and harvesting regimes6
Impacts of biomedical bleeding on locomotion and mating behavior in the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus6
Ocean warming and multiple source populations increase the threat of an invasive bryozoan to kelp beds in the northwest Atlantic Ocean6
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