The indirect effects of demersal fisheries, such as habitat degradation, are currently thought to be impacting gadoid stocks. Maerl fulfils nursery area prerequisites for several invertebrate species, so its role in similar ecosystem service provision for gadoids has been addressed. Juvenile cod (Gadus morhua), saithe (Pollachius virens), and pollack (Pollachius pollachius) in shallow (!7 m) in...

Since the invasion of round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) to Lake Michigan, they have become integrated into both nearshore and offshore food webs. Round can be found in relatively shallow water (<20 m) during summer, but nearly disappear from these depths early fall. They been collected, occasionally, greater than 70 m warm seasons. These observations other anecdotal evidence suggest that mi...

Temperature variability was studied on tropical reefs off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea using remote sensing from Aqua and Terra satellites. Cross-shore gradients in sea surface temperature (SST) were observed, including cold fronts (colder inshore) during winter and warm fronts (warmer inshore) during summer. Fronts persisted over synoptic and seasonal time-scales and had a periodic...

The spatial variation of the spawning shoals of M. hubbsi in Patagonia during its reproductive peak (January) between 2001 and 2008 was analyzed. In 2001 and 2004 spawning of hake in the north-patagonian area was concentrated inshore between 50 m and 80 m depths, in coincidence with a bottom thermal front (9° 14° C). Since 2005 an expansion of spawning into deeper waters (near the 100 m isobath...

Adult hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are typically described as open-coast, coral reef and hard substrate dwellers. Here, we report new satellite tracking data on female hawksbills from several countries in the eastern Pacific that revealed previously undocumented behaviour for adults of the species. In contrast to patterns of habitat use exhibited by their Caribbean and Indo-Pacifi...