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Artificial Neural Networks for Modeling Harmful Algal Blooms: A Review 人工神经网络模拟有害藻华研究进展

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70037

Uma Maheshwera Reddy Paturi, C. Ramesh, Manjusha Muppala, Rishitha Reddy Mekala, Shriya Reddy Kasu, N. S. Reddy

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The Deep Lagoon Areas of Oceanic Atolls May Serve as Environmental Refugia for Acroporid Coral Communities 海洋环礁的深泻湖区可以作为环礁珊瑚群落的环境避难所

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70028

Konstantin S. Tkachenko, Do Huu Quyet

{"title":"The Deep Lagoon Areas of Oceanic Atolls May Serve as Environmental Refugia for Acroporid Coral Communities","authors":"Konstantin S. Tkachenko, Do Huu Quyet","doi":"10.1111/maec.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 Alison Reef is an oceanic atoll located in the southern part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. A total of 46 genera of scleractinians, the octocorals Heliopora spp. and Tubipora sp., and two hydrocoral species, Millepora platyphylla and M. cf. dichotoma, were recorded during the coral survey conducted in July 2022 in this atoll. Moreover, a diverse and abundant coral community (mean cover 51.4 ± SD 14.3%) dominated by acroporids was revealed in the deep zone of the lagoon (20–25 m depth). In contrast, the shallow zone of the lagoon (2–5 m) revealed two times lower coral cover, whereas the mean proportion of coral rubble was five times greater than in the deep zone, demonstrating the general coral reef decline in the shallow zone. Of the 34 coral genera observed in the deep zone of the lagoon, 14 species from 6 genera were found to be most abundant in this coral community. Ten of these species belonged to Acroporidae (Acropora, Montipora, Isopora and Anacropora). The dominance of acroporids distinguished this community from that in the same depth zone on the forereef. A thriving coral community dominated mostly by thermally susceptible coral taxa in the deep zone of the lagoon seemed to have been maintained for at least the last three decades. This phenomenon suggests the deep lagoons of open-type atolls with pronounced water renewal and negligible anthropogenic impact may serve as environmental refugia for a number of reef-building corals in light of global climate change.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"46 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144646799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Another Novel Feeding Mode in the Labridae: Juvenile Tuskfish Fan Sand With Vigorous Single Pectoral Fin Swipes 唇鲨科的另一种新的进食方式：幼年长牙鱼用有力的单胸鳍摆动扇沙

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70034

Brendan C. Ebner, David L. Morgan

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Differing Competitive Hierarchies Between Scleractinian Corals on Natural Reefs and Recruits on Artificial Reefs 天然礁上的硬核珊瑚与人工礁上的新生珊瑚竞争等级的差异

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70032

Coline Monchanin, Sil Kiewiet de Jonge, Rahul Mehrotra

{"title":"Differing Competitive Hierarchies Between Scleractinian Corals on Natural Reefs and Recruits on Artificial Reefs","authors":"Coline Monchanin, Sil Kiewiet de Jonge, Rahul Mehrotra","doi":"10.1111/maec.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 The dominance of any organism in a given habitat depends on its competitive ability. Competition among coral genera is an important factor determining the assemblage structure within reefs and other coral-dominated habitats. Here, we assessed the competition between scleractinian corals growing on natural and recruiting on artificial reefs. We evaluated different forms of direct-contact competition and investigated the variation among genera in their competitive abilities. We documented a total of 4151 interactions between 28 coral genera, with two-thirds of the interactions being between corals of the same genus. We found that the competitive ability of each genus was not necessarily related to the genus abundance. The genera Coelastrea, Dipsastraea, and Leptastrea were recorded as more competitive despite their sparser natural occurrence on the reef. Meanwhile, Lithophyllon and other Fungiidae corals were the most competitive genera. While Oulastrea was a competitive genus on the artificial reefs, it was the opposite on natural reefs. The greater competitive capacity of genera with relatively smaller colony sizes, like Oulastrea and Coelastrea, supports the hypothesis of a trade-off between aggression and growth. These findings are further discussed with regard to the possible influence of competition among recruits on the development of mature reef communities.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"46 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144598673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Blackfin Seabass Utilize Small Estuarine Lagoons as Nurseries: Implications From Juvenile Sampling at Habitat and Seascape Scales 黑鳍鲈鱼利用小河口泻湖作为苗圃：来自栖息地和海景尺度的幼鱼取样的启示

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70031

Atsunobu Murase, Yuta Yamasaki, Mika Mukai, Yuta Ikehara, Yukiya Ogata, Kaito Inoue

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Impact of the 2023 ENSO Event on the Benthic Community of the San Luciano Shipwreck Reef 2023年ENSO事件对圣卢西亚诺沉船礁底栖生物群落的影响

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70029

Marco A. Liñán-Cabello, Laura Leyva, Ariadne Gisela Carrillo de la Rosa, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Christian Daniel Ortega-Ortiz Cristian Daniel, Dea M. Cardenas-Rojas

{"title":"Impact of the 2023 ENSO Event on the Benthic Community of the San Luciano Shipwreck Reef","authors":"Marco A. Liñán-Cabello, Laura Leyva, Ariadne Gisela Carrillo de la Rosa, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, Christian Daniel Ortega-Ortiz Cristian Daniel, Dea M. Cardenas-Rojas","doi":"10.1111/maec.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 Shipwrecks and artificial reefs play a critical role in restoring marine biodiversity in degraded ecosystems. This study assesses the ecological impacts of the 2023 ENSO event and chronic anthropogenic pressures on the San Luciano Shipwreck Reef (central Mexican Pacific), based on comparative monitoring during 2017–2018 and 2023. Using standardized indicators from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and the biological condition gradient (BCG), we evaluated benthic communities, structural features, and physiological stress markers. Biodiversity was highest at the wreck's ends, where structural complexity increased due to metal degradation. In 2023, over 90% of coral colonies showed bleaching and mortality, accompanied by bioeroder proliferation and invasive species such as Carijoa riisei. Coral cover declined by over 85%, and biomarkers such as the Chl a/PC ratio and zooxanthellae density confirmed elevated stress levels. These changes placed the reef at level V of the BCG. The deterioration observed is strongly linked to the combined influence of ENSO-related anomalies and persistent port-related impacts, such as nutrient loading, turbidity, and invasive species transport. Findings underscore the vulnerability of artificial reefs to cumulative stressors and support the inclusion of shipwrecks as valuable sentinel sites in reef monitoring and conservation planning.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"46 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144573621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impact of Drought-Induced Hydrological Changes on Copepod Communities in an Amazonian Estuary 干旱水文变化对亚马逊河口桡足类群落的影响

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70027

Marcela Pimentel de Andrade, André Magalhães, Natália do Socorro da Silva Sousa, Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Rauquírio Marinho da Costa

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Deep-Sea Coral Abundance, Distribution, and Community Structure on Seafloor Features Across a Broad Depth Gradient in North-Central California National Marine Sanctuaries 加州中北部国家海洋保护区的深海珊瑚丰度、分布和群落结构在海底特征上的广泛深度梯度

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70022

Kaitlin Graiff, Danielle Lipski, Jan Roletto, Gary C. Williams, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Thomas E. Laidig

{"title":"Deep-Sea Coral Abundance, Distribution, and Community Structure on Seafloor Features Across a Broad Depth Gradient in North-Central California National Marine Sanctuaries","authors":"Kaitlin Graiff, Danielle Lipski, Jan Roletto, Gary C. Williams, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Thomas E. Laidig","doi":"10.1111/maec.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70022","url":null,"abstract":"Patterns in deep-sea coral (DSC) diversity and distribution are described for a range of benthic habitat features including offshore banks, continental shelf and slope, and submarine canyons in three national marine sanctuaries off the coast of North-central California. Sixteen visual datasets of DSC observations collected using underwater vehicles from 2010 to 2021 across a wide depth range of 35–3317 m were analyzed for zonation by depth and seafloor feature type. A total of 36,670 DSC from at least 20 families were documented in the study area. Taxa displayed patterns corresponding to depth and seafloor feature type, such as broad distribution across multiple depths and features or narrower depth range and fewer features. Significant divergence in DSC assemblage diversity and density occurred between banks and canyons, representing the shallowest and deepest depth extents in the study area. One species of Stylasteridae coral primarily inhabited banks and accounted for the highest density of all DSC taxa. Diversity of soft corals and gorgonians (Octocorallia) and black corals (Antipatharia) was greatest on the slope and canyons. Other octocorals such as sea pens (Pennatuloidea) collectively spanned the largest depth ranges throughout the study area on all features other than banks. Comprehensively describing DSC communities in relation to seafloor features throughout an extensive depth range may have applications to other regions globally where similar habitats and DSC families are found. Our growing understanding of taxonomic diversity and zonation adds to existing knowledge of depth and geographic distributions on the U.S. West Coast and provides a crucial foundation for effective management and conservation efforts for DSC communities.","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/maec.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144190703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Boring Pattern of Isopods in the Intertidal Hard Mud Substratum of Gulf of Khambhat, With Two New Records From Gujarat Coast 甘巴特湾潮间带硬泥地层等足类的钻孔模式，并附古吉拉特邦海岸的两个新记录

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70024

Vaishali Prajapat, Kauresh D. Vachhrajani

{"title":"Boring Pattern of Isopods in the Intertidal Hard Mud Substratum of Gulf of Khambhat, With Two New Records From Gujarat Coast","authors":"Vaishali Prajapat, Kauresh D. Vachhrajani","doi":"10.1111/maec.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 The study of the burrowing and boring pattern is an important bioturbatory behavioral display that provides information about interactions of animals with their surrounding factors and habitat selection preferences. Previous studies have explored the boring activities of sphaeromatid isopods in a variety of substrates, including wood, polystyrene, and rock, across different regions worldwide. However, no previous reports have been documented on the boring pattern of isopods in hard mud substratum. Present studies were carried out on the silt-clay rich hard substratum of coastal mudflats at Kamboi, the northern innermost region of the Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat. This habitat is selectively preferred by the isopod Sphaeroma annandalei Stebbing 1911, which is indicated by its abundance. To decipher the boring patterns, we examined the sediment blocks during low tides, took multidirectional sections of the exposed regions, and photographed the boring patterns. It showed that there were incidences of the bores of different sizes crossing each other. We primarily interpreted it as the borings of younger and older isopods. However, to further confirm, resin casting was done, which gave us a complex network of interconnected borings. It clearly exposed, for the first time, the continuous interconnected burrows of different sizes of individuals (0.56 mm to 4.75 mm) of S. annandalei in hard mudflat habitat. The study has recorded the presence of two species, S. annandalei and Cirolana willeyi Stebbing 1904, for the first time from Gujarat.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fishers as Potential Dispersal Agents for Corals: Balancing the Impact of Small-Scale Fisheries on a Pillow Coral Bed 渔民作为珊瑚的潜在扩散媒介：平衡小型渔业对枕状珊瑚床的影响

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Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1111/maec.70025

Kostas Ganias

{"title":"Fishers as Potential Dispersal Agents for Corals: Balancing the Impact of Small-Scale Fisheries on a Pillow Coral Bed","authors":"Kostas Ganias","doi":"10.1111/maec.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70025","url":null,"abstract":"The Mediterranean Sea is home to the endemic pillow coral, Cladocora caespitosa, which thrives on stony or rocky substrates to form coral beds or banks. A C. caespitosa hotspot habitat was identified in the eastern Thermaikos Gulf, with densely populated, large colonies of over 0.5 m in diameter. Local small-scale fishers intentionally avoid operating in this area in order to prevent damage to their nets. The substrate in the adjacent fishing ground consists of a heterogeneous assemblage of soft substrates, mainly sandy sediments and patches of seagrass meadows, and scattered colonies of C. caespitosa. Nonetheless, the colonies were shown to be fragmented, and most were smaller than in the hotspot area. This indicates that this area is not the native environment of C. caespitosa, but rather transported from the hotspot region. Static nets, primarily trammel nets but also gillnets, were shown to capture C. caespitosa colonies, which are subsequently discarded by fishers and returned to the seafloor. It is thus anticipated that small-scale fishers contribute to the spread of the C. caespitosa population and the transfer from the hotspot area to the entire sandy zone, serving as potential dispersal agents. Indeed, the majority of C. caespitosa in the sandy region had living polyps present on them, and in many instances, the colonies attained the characteristic spherical shape. The role of small-scale fishers as dispersal agents of C. caespitosa colonies closely resembles the fragment-based transplant approach, applicable for the restoration of coral banks.","PeriodicalId":49883,"journal":{"name":"Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/maec.70025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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