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Seagrass decline

Despite seagrasses constitute habitats of paramount importance worldwide, severe declines have been identified. We’ve just published that the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa has suffered a decline in the last 17 years in Gran Canaria. This decrease in C. nodosa correlated with … Continue reading

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A sea cucumber reproduction

Despite sea cucumbers (holothurians) are common invertebrates from shallow to abyss bottoms, numerous species are relatively unknown. A recent PhD –P.G. Navarro- has just published one of the chapters from his PhD dissertation on the reproductive patterns of the sea … Continue reading

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Macroinvertebrate fauna among seagrasses

Seagrasses provide a paramount habitat for numerous creatures that find food and shelter (structure) within seagrass canopies. Disentangling the role of ‘food’ versus ‘structure’ as drivers of faunal colonization, however, remains unresolved, while the effect of seagrass structural variation as … Continue reading

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Diversity, structure, and variability of meiofauna

Despite meiofaunal assemblages are key elements of any marine habitat, how do they distribute, in terms of spatial and temporal scales, remains mostly unknown. We have tested if the diversity, structure, and stability of meiofauna differ between intertidal and subtidal … Continue reading

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Why solo sports?

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