Behavior Ecology
Scaredy-crab behavior can alter food webs
Being small crab can be tough. Dodging predators from the land, sea, and air is no small task. A new…
Category: Ecology
Ecology Human impacts
Armored but uninhabited: how beach armoring is altering transitional communities
Let’s get back on the beach for the final day of spring break! Here we explore the unique communities inhabiting…
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Policy
Ports, Pups, Policy, and Low Sardine Stocks
While sardine stocks are seeing disturbingly low numbers along the US west coast, affecting fishermen and marine mammals that depend…
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Microbiome Restoration
Summiting Sand Dune Crests: A challenge of restoration
With spring break upon us, we're all looking for a way to unwind and have fun. For some areas relying…
Conservation Ecology Human impacts
Are satellite tags the new dinner bell for harbor seals?
Satellite tags are being used to study the foraging behavior of fishes, but in the lab harbor seals have been…
Climate Change Ecology Sea-level Rise
Salt Marshes Resilient Against Sea Level Rise
Will salt marshes survive sea level rise? Previous studies have emphatically answered “No!” suggesting a 20-50% loss by the year…
Biogeochemistry Ecology Human impacts Restoration
Solving Big Dam Problems
The US has a lot of dams. Probably far more than you ever imagined possible. Many of these dams are…
Book Review Ecology Evolution Seagrass
Seagrass Fights Back Against Grazing!
If you were a plant, like seagrass, how would you prevent other creatures from eating you? Do you even try?…
Behavior Biology Ecology
Cephalopods engage in colorful confrontations
Octopuses were once thought to be mostly solitary creatures, only worried about looming predators or potential mates. It turns out,…
Ecology Evolution
Sea of Love: The Fascinating Story of Sexual Parasitism
When they think of deep sea fish, most people think of that crazy fish from Finding Nemo with the big…
Biology Book Review Ecology Human impacts
Stellar’s Sea Cow and Their Not So Stellar Demise
Steller's Sea Cow provides an example of how many large animals in the Pleistocene may have gone extinct.
Behavior Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
The Search for Dolly Varden
A fish that has contributed greatly to subsistence farming in Alaska might face negative impacts of human development and become…
Biogeochemistry Ecology Geology
A Slick Study! Natural Oil Seeps and Chlorophyll
Oil seeps are naturally occurring sources of oil to the marine environment. This study looks at the impacts of oil…
Behavior Ecology
Killer food: the harmful effects of a diatom diet
What if a single bite out of your favorite cheeseburger was toxic to your health? In the ocean, copepods are…
Conservation Ecology Seagrass
It’s a TRAP! Predators help trap carbon in coastal sediments
Vegetated coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, can trap and store carbon for millennia. This perspective investigates how the effects…
Conservation Ecology Human impacts Volcanoes
Stop: Recovery Time!: Using volcanoes to model recovery of deep-sea communities
Deep sea communities are full of weird and wonderful animals that we don't know much about, and human demand for…
Biology Climate Change Ecology Fisheries
Disoriented fish are getting lost at sea!
Young fish rely on sound cues to navigate the vast ocean, but as our oceans acidify, the journey home to…
Behavior Biology Book Review Ecology Noise
Rising above the noise
Oceanbites is still “ringing” in the New Year! Find out how in a sea full of noisy fish one can…
Biology Book Review Ecology Evolution
Cuttlefish “freeze-out” their predators
Cephalopods such as cuttlefish are known to use camouflage behavior to avoid being eaten. Sharks are able to find disguised…
Ecology
Predator vs. Prey: starfish vs. coral
The crown-of-thorns starfish has become a vicious predator of acroporid corals in the Indo-Pacific. This study looks at recruitment strategies…