23 June 2025

A predictive framework for identifying source populations of non-native marine macroalgae: Chondria tumulosa in the Pacific Ocean

"This is a multidisciplinary study that provides comprehensive information on the possible migration routes of algae and other marine organisms (including agressive invaders), as well as debris in the Pacific Ocean."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

19 June 2025

Biological and genetic structure of Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) population in Iskenderun Bay, eastern Mediterranean Sea

"The study provides important population genetic data of the Ephinephelus costae, which has significant ecological importance in the Mediterranean."

Sercan Yapıcı, Handling Editor

18 June 2025

Human and conservation factors affect spatial variation of reef fish assemblages in Colombian Pacific reefs

"This study examines fish distributions and their response to anthropogenic effects in a critically under-studied part of the world."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

11 June 2025

Profiling microplastic fibers in the intertidal sentinel mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii from the coast of Buenos Aires, Argentina

"This study is important because it reveals widespread microplastic contamination in mussels along a popular Argentinian coast, demonstrating their utility as bioindicators."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

3 June 2025

Assessment of the fecundity of deep-sea corals in southeastern Brazil

"As one of the reviewers stated, data from deep-sea animals is often hard to obtain."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

30 May 2025

Hawaiian black coral (Antipatharia) complete mitochondrial genomes have limited phylogenetic signal for taxonomic resolution of species

"This study sheds more light on the taxonomy of black corals, at the genomic level."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

15 May 2025

Expected mortality risk for coho salmon landed in recreational troll fisheries using 1/0 and 6/0 hooks in the marine waters of Washington state

"It is an original work in terms of fisheries science. Also, it contains important data for the sustainability of fish stocks."

Sercan Yapıcı, Handling Editor

15 April 2025

Endozoicomonas dominance and Vibrionaceae stability underpin resilience in urban coral Madracis auretenra

"This publication provides important information for moving the topic of coral resilience forward."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor

14 April 2025

Advancing molecular macrobenthos biodiversity monitoring: a comparison between Oxford Nanopore and Illumina based metabarcoding and metagenomics

"The article provides a formal comparison of metabarcoding platforms, showing that researchers can choose either Illumina or Nanopore sequencing for metabarcoding. However, shotgun metagenomics is still not ready to replace metabarcoding."

Federica Costantini, Handling Editor

31 March 2025

Vertical assemblage of the holoplanktonic mollusks (Pteropoda and Pterotracheoidea: Carinaiidae, Pterotracheidae) in the Campeche Canyon, southern Gulf of Mexico, during a “Nortes” season

"This is an interesting article that will increase our understanding of plankton ecology and will likely help elucidate the impact of global warming."

Xavier Pochon, Section Editor