18 September 2025

Toxic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum cordatum affects the filtration rate and enzymatic activities of Chinese razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta)

"Climate change, nutrient pollution, and coastal development are contributing to more frequent and intense HABs, making it increasingly important to understand the process of mitigating the presence of harmful microalgae through natural solutions."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

9 September 2025

Analysis of imaging data on seasonal changes in the population structure and vertical distribution of two dominant planktonic copepod species in the western subarctic Pacific

"A solid contribution to the knowledge of copepod vertical migration (VM) in oceanic species, as well as the application of an imaging technique to study VM."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

3 September 2025

surveyjoin: a standardized database of scientific trawl surveys in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

"The open access of data allows other researchers to explore changes in stocks due to several events, not least climate change. In my opinion, it is important to share data and not store them in a drawer. R, in this sense, can do a good job. "

Claudio Vasapollo, Handling Editor

22 August 2025

Growth, mortality, and exploitation of Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015, from a southern Aegean Sea small-scale fishery: a stock assessment for sustainable fisheries

"This study is one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fish (Saurida lessepsianus) stock on the southern Aegean coast (Turkey)."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

19 August 2025

Effects of Undaria pinnatifida-derived brown algae polysaccharide (UPS) on the nutritional composition, digestive capacity, immune performance and intestinal microbiota of juvenile sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus)

"A good article outlining the sustainable feed that could enhance the overall health of sea cucumber in aquaculture"

Sau Pinn Woo, Handling Editor

19 August 2025

Gram staining reveals diverse bacterial associations in coral cell-associated microbial aggregates in the Pacific Ocean

"New work highlighting on understudied microbial aggregates in reef-building corals."

Claudia Pogoreutz, Handling Editor

11 August 2025

Influence of the Great Amazon Reef System and Pleistocene sea-level drops on the phylogeography of Haemulon aurolineatum (Haemulidae)

"This manuscript addresses a significant gap in the understanding of the phylogeography of Haemulon aurolineatum, an ecologically and biologically relevant marine fish species."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

30 July 2025

The tip of the iceberg: extraordinarily high diversity while examining two infralittoral nematode communities on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan, using morphology and DNA barcoding

"Morphological and molecular data in marine nematodes enhance our understanding of their global biodiversity and the various processes that occur within the ecosystem."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

18 July 2025

Identification of Cassiopea sp. in Lake Macquarie, Australia and revision of the taxonomic status of Cassiopea maremetens Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Cassiopeidae)

"This study represents a significant advancement in Cassiopea research, providing a strong model for future studies on species identification and distribution dynamics."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

14 July 2025

Evaluation of DNA barcoding reference databases for marine species in the western and central Pacific Ocean

"This article makes a valuable contribution by systematically assessing the quality, coverage, and consistency of COI barcode records in two major public databases (NCBI and BOLD) for marine metazoans in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO)."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor