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open science

ecology

Data- and code-archiving are important components of open science, as both make research more transparent, reproducible, accountable, and credible, allowing future…

Mar 8, 2026

Nitrification in a seagrass-sponge association

sponges

In the Mediterranean Sea, the demosponge Chondrilla nucula can occur in close association with the native seagrass Posidonia oceanica. C. nucula harbors a diverse and…

Jan 8, 2025

Reciprocal nutritional benefits in a sponge-seagrass association

sponges

Sponges commonly form associations within seagrass meadows, but their potential impact on seagrass productivity and nutrient cycles remains poorly understood. This study…

Dec 12, 2024

Accelerated nitrogen cycling on Mediterranean seagrass leaves at volcanic CO2 vents

Seagrass meadows form highly productive and diverse ecosystems in coastal areas worldwide, where they are increasingly exposed to ocean acidification (OA). Efficient…

Mar 19, 2024

Microbial associates of an endemic Mediterranean seagrass enhance the access of the host and the surrounding seawater to inorganic nitrogen under ocean acidification

Accelerated Nitrogen Cycling on Seagrass Leaves in a High-CO2 World

Seagrass meadows form highly productive and diverse ecosystems in coastal areas worldwide, where they are increasingly exposed to ocean acidification (OA). Efficient…

May 22, 2023

Nested interactions between chemosynthetic lucinid bivalves and seagrass promote ecosystem functioning in contaminated sediments

In seagrass sediments, lucinid bivalves and their chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts consume \(H_{2}S\), relying indirectly on the plant productivity for the presence of the…

Jul 22, 2022

A photographic data set of reef and coral communities across Venezuela

This dataset contains 2850 photographs of the seafloor in coral communities from Venezuela that were taken during 2017 and 2018. We used a hierarchical experimental design…

Aug 1, 2021

On the importance of spatial scales on beta diversity of coral assemblages: a study from Venezuelan coral reefs

Estimating variability across spatial scales has been a major issue in ecology because the description of patterns in space is extremely valuable to propose specific…

May 4, 2020

The use of pseudo-multivariate standard error to improve the sampling design of coral monitoring programs

The characteristics of coral reef sampling and monitoring are highly variable, with numbers of units and sampling effort varying from one study to another. Numerous works…

Apr 22, 2020

Systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of coral disease research visualized through the scope of network theory

Creando un aula mágica con la tecnología: la experiencia usando Classcraft

Caribbean yellow band disease compromises the activity of catalase and glutathione S-transferase in the reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata exposed to anthracene