BACKGROUND Understanding the factors that generate and maintain biodiversity is a central goal in ecology. While positive species interactions (i.e., facilitation) have historically been underemphasized in ecological research, they are increasingly recognized as playing important roles in the evolution and maintenance of biodiversity. Dominant habitat-forming species (foundation species) buffer...

Research in brain-computer interfaces has achieved impressive progress towards implementing assistive technologies for restoration or substitution of lost motor capabilities, as well as supporting technologies for able-bodied subjects. Notwithstanding this progress, effective translation of these interfaces from proof-of concept prototypes into reliable applications remains elusive. As a matter...

Eutrophication can profoundly change rocky shore communities. These changes often cause the replacement of perennial, canopy-forming algae such as Fucus spp. with annual, bloom-forming algae such as Enteromorpha spp. Grazing, however, can counteract eutrophication by eliminating the annual algae’s susceptible recruits. We examine these generalizations across large scales. We use replicated ‘‘bi...

The long-term physical existence of sandy shores critically depends on a balanced sediment budget. From the principles Building with Nature it follows that sustainable protection should employ some form shore nourishment. In spatial design process urbanized shores, where multiple functions must be integrated, knowledge and prediction dynamics beach-dune morphology thus play an essential role. T...

Quantifying scale-dependent patterns and linking ecological to environmental variation is required understand mechanisms regulating biodiversity. We conducted a large-scale survey in rocky shores along the SE Brazilian coast examine spatial variability body size density of an intertidal barnacle (Chthamalus bisinuatus) its relationships with benthic oceanographic predictors. Both barnacles show...