17 July 2023

Integrative species delimitation in the common ophiuroid Ophiothrix angulata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): insights from COI, ITS2, arm coloration, and geometric morphometrics

"This is a very interesting manuscript that integrates molecular and morphometric data to delimit species."

Armando Sunny, Handling Editor

14 July 2023

Coral affected by stony coral tissue loss disease can produce viable offspring

"This work provides the first evidence that a diseased coral is capable of producing progeny that survive and perform as well as progeny from healthy parents. This result is highly encouraging and important for the field of stony coral restoration and rescue in the face of a devastating coral disease, like SCTLD."

Robert Toonen, Handling Editor

14 July 2023

Seasonal changes characterise the shark and ray assemblages in a subtropical shallow sandy habitat in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

"This manuscript provides useful information in an understudied area."

Anastazia Banaszak, Handling Editor

13 July 2023

Population influences desiccation tolerance in an invasive aquatic snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Tateidae, Mollusca)

"The paper addresses a key factor for the invasion success of the New Zealand mudsnail which is on the list of Europe’s 100 most dangerous invasive species. It provides important information the tolerance of different invasive clones and population and allows to understand the dynamics of these populations and potentially also to manage their further spreading."

Jörg Oehlmann, Handling Editor

12 July 2023

2018–2022 Southern Resident killer whale presence in the Salish Sea: continued shifts in habitat usage

"This manuscript advances our understanding of orca dsitribution patterns."

Anastazia Banaszak, Handling Editor

29 June 2023

Opportunistic consumption of marine pelagic, terrestrial, and chemosynthetic organic matter by macrofauna on the Arctic shelf: a stable isotope approach

"The results help to give a better understanding of the consumption of organic matter."

Anastazia Banaszak, Handling Editor

28 June 2023

Multi-benthic size approach to unveil different environmental conditions in a Mediterranean harbor area (Ancona, Adriatic Sea, Italy)

"This article investigates both macro and maiobenthic assemblages."

Guilherme Corte, Handling Editor

15 June 2023

Habitat-use of the vulnerable Atlantic Nurse Shark: a review

"An interesting and comprehensive review on Habitat-use of the Atlantic Nurse Shark"

Arnold Rakaj, Handling Editor

14 June 2023

Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in repurposed environmental DNA samples from river water

"This is good manuscript because they detected Echinococcus multilocularis from water. In this article author concern about the public health."

Arif Siddiqui, Handling Editor

12 June 2023

Marine aquaculture as a source of propagules of invasive fouling species

"As reviewer 1 stated: We need more and more papers about bioinvasion and species introduction risk assessment in the South Atlantic. I think that several authors and maybe, stakeholders from government, environmental and harbour authorities can use the information to reduce the impacts of NIS."

James Reimer, Handling Editor