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Resilience of the octocoral Muricea laxa to heat stress depends on thermal stability and exposure time. Prolonged or fluctuating heat stress reduces survival, emphasizing the need to consider thermal context in coral resilience studies bit.ly/meps_757_53

Climate change implications on future distribution of pelagic squid in the Southern Ocean bit.ly/meps_757_85

Intertidal species may be more closely adapted to terrestrial than aquatic thermal environments, which greatly influences their vulnerability to climate change bit.ly/meps_757_99

We studied the feeding habits/piscivory of #yellowfintuna Thunnus albacares larvae in the laboratory. Findings are related to the ontogenetic development and larval behavior in the environment, bringing new insight to the ecology of the species bit.ly/meps_757_161

Greenhouse gas fluxes were quantified on a temperate beach on #Zosteramarina wrack alone, on sediment, and sediment alone. Patterns of emission and uptake were highly date-specific, highlighting the complexity of #GHGflux drivers bit.ly/meps_757_199

🦈 Tracking the migrations of 4 coastal shark species along the U.S. SE coast revealed how sea surface temperature influences their movements. This provides a critical benchmark for future shifts as oceans warm. #ClimateChange #MarineEcology bit.ly/meps_758_103

#Gillnetting in Brazil's #coastalwaters #impacts diverse fishes. Our study in the East and South Brazilian Shelves reveals trait variation, with size selectivity and environmental conditions influencing functional diversity in this fishery bit.ly/meps_758_125

#Minkewhales feeding in Jacques Cartier passage (Gulf of St Lawrence) over summer are predominantly pregnant females. From 2007–2015 pregnancy rates remained stable despite fluctuating prey availability, suggesting some resilience to environmental change bit.ly/meps_758_143

Juvenile oyster survival sharply declined at shrimp densities of 50–100 shrimp m² through sediment reworking burying the oysters (Willapa Bay). This result informs commercial harvest strategies and management of vulnerable oyster populations bit.ly/meps_758_61

Family dynamics are changing, and can offshore drilling be the cause? Our study describes the genetic structure of Gulf of Mexico #spermwhales and reveals a change across time, coincident with the #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill bit.ly/meps_758_161

🌱 Greater Caribbean #manatees maintained a seagrass-rich diet for 30+ years, despite habitat modifications. A new #IsotopeAnalysis in bones🦴 & plants🌿 identifies & helps conserve critical manatee feeding grounds in Quintana Roo, Mexico bit.ly/meps_758_179 Nataly Castelblanco

Discover the effects of noise on blue mussel larvae, which are of immense economic and ecological importance. Noise from shipping promoted development in suboptimal habitats with higher metabolic costs bit.ly/meps_759_35

New MEPS publication: Using photo identification to determine demographics, fishery interactions and behavioral associations for oceanic whitetip sharks around Hawaii. Read the full article at bit.ly/meps_759_51

Compared to two other Gulf of Mexico shipwrecks, the Deepwater Horizon wreckage hosts a community with unique organisms. We propose wreck age, depth, and the presence of oil as potential factors influencing community assemblage bit.ly/meps_760_1

Does oyster aquaculture affect underwater grass habitat? A new study shows sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. It depends on the strength of a site's waves and currents and how much the aquaculture gear dampens these physical forces bit.ly/meps_760_17

Tropical #CoralReefs host rich hidden biodiversity. Our study shows how deterministic & stochastic processes shape sessile #cryptobenthic communities at multiple spatial scales around Réunion Island—key insights for reef conservation. #Betadiversity #ARMS bit.ly/meps_761_21

We characterized neonatal growth patterns in harbour seal pups in the St. Lawrence Estuary. We found that neonatal growth is nonlinear. Males are born heavier than females and large pups at birth tend to gain more mass than small pups bit.ly/meps_761_129

White sharks are on the rise in Atlantic Canadian waters! Our new study reveals an increase in their presence since 2019, with migration probabilities up to 3.7x higher and their seasonal stay extending by over 20 days bit.ly/meps_761_145

New study uses passive and active acoustics with oceanographic sampling to examine how cetaceans are impacted by prey responses to the physical environment, offering insights into predator–prey dynamics and informing management strategies bit.ly/meps_762_111

How do corals time reproduction in equatorial reefs? A study at Lankayan Island, Malaysia, shows how seasonal light cycles synchronize coral gametogenesis. Understanding these cues helps predict coral resilience to climate change! bit.ly/meps_761_49