Marine biology,marine ecology,Phytoplankton, marine algae, zooplankton, nekton, benthos, corals and coral reefs, ecology, zoogeography systematics, primary production experimental work on ecosystem including energy flow at different trophic levels, population dynamics theoretical models, recycling of matter, influence environmental factors metabolic activity, microbiology, mariculture propagati...

Marine biology,marine ecology,Phytoplankton, marine algae, zooplankton, nekton, benthos, corals and coral reefs, ecology, zoogeography systematics, primary production experimental work on ecosystem including energy flow at different trophic levels, population dynamics theoretical models, recycling of matter, influence environmental factors metabolic activity, microbiology, mariculture propagati...

Understanding the processes that drive the assembly of a community has been a central theme of ecology since the foundation of the discipline. It concerns basic questions such as how do we start from a regional species pool to assemble a structured community? How many species should be found at a given location? What is the relationship between community structure and the environment? Studying ...

A rise in qualitative social science manuscripts published in ecology and conservation journals speaks to the growing awareness of the importance of the human dimension in maintaining and improving Earth’s ecosystems. Given the rise in the quantity of qualitative social science research published in ecology and conservation journals, it is worthwhile quantifying the extent to which this researc...

Recent progress in microbial ecology is allowing for the new discovery of the vast, poorly-characterized microbial world. The following four topics are intensively highlighted as perspectives we can use to look into the novel microbial world in nature; unexplored habitats, unexpected microbial diversity/function, microbial community including eukaryotic microbes, and complex microbial ecosystem...

Systematic Biology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713658732 Hemiplasy: A New Term in the Lexicon of Phylogenetics John C. Avise a; Terence J. Robinson b a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA b Department of Botany and Zoology, University of...

We sequenced the genomes of five new Methylophilaceae strains isolated from Lake Washington sediment. We used the new sequences to sort these new strains into specific Methylophilaceae ecotypes, including one novel ecotype. The new genomes expand the known diversity of Methylophilaceae and provide new models for studying the ecology of methylotrophy.

Killer whales, Orcinus orca, are top predators occupying key ecological roles in a variety of ecosystems and are one of the most widely distributed mammals on the planet. In consequence, there has been significant interest in understanding their basic biology and ecology. Long-term studies of Northern Hemisphere killer whales, particularly in the eastern North Pacific (ENP), have identified thr...