The european shore crab Carcinus maenas of the Wadden Sea lives in a diverse range of habitats. It is highly adaptable to different environments where it chooses structures that offer protection from predators. Its choice ...

The increasing demand for agricultural commodities for food and energy purposes has led to intensified agricultural production. This trend may manifest in agricultural compositions and landscape configurations that can ...

This study examines the complex structure of prey and predator interactions, which are regulated by a variety of factors. Here, we are focusing on the prey size preference of the starfish Asterias rubens and its prey, the ...

In dieser Studie wurde untersucht, in wieweit die Schalenmorphologie der Napfschneckenarten Patella depressa und Patella vulgata je nach Standort variiert. Dazu wurden an einem Standort an der bretonischen Atlantikküste ...

During a survey between 31.03. and 03.04.2006 on the southern rocky shore of Le Cabellou, Bretagne, we investigated the change in concentration of plankton and detritus in three different rockpools of the mideulittoral ...

Marine intertidal hard substrates provide an ecologically important habitat for many sessile or semi-sessile organisms. As shelter, food source, nursery or living space, they are of central importance in marine ecosy- stems ...

Ascidians are marine filter-feeding organisms, which feed on phytoplankton and organic detritus. We examined the influence of salinity on absolute and individual filtration rates of three Scandinavian ascidian species ...

A useful appliance in the analysis of the structure of ecosystems is seen in the biomass spectra. It allows a general approach to monitor interactions and changes in a biocenosis. As anthropogenic influences conti- nuously ...