Abstract The introduction of Pacific oysters to the sedimentary south-eastern North Sea coast and their establishment on intertidal native blue mussel beds has caused development mixed reefs mussels with extensive tidepools. Tidepools have been intensively studied at rocky shores where they show community structures, which usually differ from that surrounding emerging substrates. coasts, howeve...

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly used as a management tool to preserve species and habitats. Testing hypotheses about the effectiveness of MPAs is important for their implementation and to identify informative criteria to support management decisions. This study tested the general proposition that MPAs affected assemblages of algae and invertebrates between 0.0 and 0.5 m above the...

We studied germination behaviors and persistence mechanism of wild Glehnia littoralis, a typical coastal species at temperate sandy coasts of the North Pacific Ocean, and tested the hypothesis that the coastal plants may have evolved special seeds adapting to the coasts, by which they recruit and persist easily, occupying the coasts as ideal habitats. In the Shandong Peninsula, China, we invest...

The present study was performed to determine the current infecion status of Metagonimus yokogawai metacercariae in sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, collected from several streams in eastern and southern coastal areas of Korea. The sweetfish collected were artificially digested with pepsin-HCl solution and examined under a stereomicroscope in August and September, 2007. Out of 145 sweetfish co...

The coastal domain of central western Sicily is characterized by the presence rocky coasts, which mainly consist pocket beaches situated between bedrock headlands that constitute ecological niches great touristic and economic value. In this peculiar morphodynamic system, sedimentary contributions are derived from rockfall affects back nearby cliffs or sediment supply small streams flow into it....

Embayed beaches separated by irregular rocky headlands represent 50% of global shorelines. Quantification inputs and outflows via headland bypassing is necessary for evaluating long-term coastal change. Bypassing rates are predictable idealized morphologies; however, it remains to test the predictability realistic morphologies, quantify influence variable morphology, sediment availability, tide...