25 November 2024

Method selection affects the estimates of residency and site fidelity in bottlenose dolphins: testing sensitivity and performance of different methods using mark-resight data

"Great insights and useful assessment on methods to estimate the residency and site fidelity in bottlenose dolphins"

Sau Pinn Woo, Handling Editor

12 November 2024

Coral recruits demonstrate thermal resilience

"This paper aims to assess if hybrids of two coral species have increased resilience to thermal stress. Although they did not find evidence of hybrid "vigor" studies like these are important for coral conservation efforts."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

30 October 2024

Using vessels of opportunity for determining important habitats of bottlenose dolphins in Port Phillip Bay, south-eastern Australia

"This work improves our understanding of bottle-nosed dolphin habitats."

Anastazia Banaszak, Section Editor

10 October 2024

Extraction and characterization of collagen and gelatin from body wall of sea cucumbers Stichopus horrens and Holothuria arenicola

"This research contributes to the development of more sustainable and potentially functional sources of collagen and gelatin."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

8 October 2024

Bivalve microbiomes are shaped by host species, size, parasite infection, and environment

"This study advances the field on bivalve microbiomes by adding data from species whose microbiomes have not been previously characterized."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

26 September 2024

Pulsed sounds caused by internal oxygen transport during photosynthesis in the seagrass Halophila ovalis

"This study investigates low amplitude sounds with regular pulse rates produced during photosynthesis in seagrass beds of Halophila ovalis in Taiwan."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

25 September 2024

Dazzling damselfish: investigating motion dazzle as a defence strategy in humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)

"The Academic Editor noted that there have been very few studies that investigated the phenomenon of motion dazzle. This study approaches the topic in damselfish and combines a model and experimental behavioural studies in an interesting way."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

21 August 2024

Holobiont dysbiosis or acclimatation? Shift in the microbial taxonomic diversity and functional composition of a cosmopolitan sponge subjected to chronic pollution in a Patagonian bay

"The findings of this research contribute to our general understanding of how sponge species acclimate and may adapt to pollution."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

14 August 2024

Starvation and re-feeding of Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) co-cultured with glasswort (Salicornia europaea) in a polyculture aquaponic system

"This study provides new and important insights into the field of saltwater aquaponics."

Anastazia Banaszak, Section Editor

14 August 2024

Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, distribution in the Gulf of Maine, USA: observations from fisheries independent and dependent catch data

"observations from fisheries independent and dependent catch data for Lumpfish and other marine species may shed light on other similar studies and species"

Cemal Turan, Handling Editor