Inter-Research
Marine Ecology Progress Series

MEPS Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief: Otto Kinne

Associate Editor-in-Chief: Howard I. Browman

Production Editor: (IR)

Senior Editorial Assistant: (IR)

Inter-Research (IR), Nordbünte 23 (+28, 30), 21385 Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany
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Manuscripts may be sent to and processed by the Editor-In-Chief, the Associate Editor-In-Chief, or one of the Contributing Editors.

All manuscripts (except Comments and 'As I See It') must pass through a rigorous review process involving at least 3 referees.

For details consult Mar Ecol Prog Ser 279:1

Contributing Editors

Birkeland C

Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, USGS, 2538 The Mall, Edmondson Hall 165A, University of Hawaii at Monoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Coral-reef ecology; benthic ecology

Black R
rblack@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
M092 Zoology Building, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia 6009
Population ecology of marine invertebrates

de Jonge VN

Dept of Marine Biology, University of Groningen RuG, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
Estuarine and coastal processes; algae and vascular plants; eutrophication; nutrient chemistry; effects of global change; conservation, restoration and management of coasts and estuaries

Dolan J (until end of 2005)

Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche, Station Zoologique, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Microbial ecology; interactions of bacteria, protists and metazoans

Gray J

Institutt for Marinbiologi og Limnologi, Universitetet i Oslo, Postboks 1064, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway
Soft-sediment ecology

Hare J

NOAA NMFS NEFSC, Narragansett Laboratory, 28 Tarzwell Road, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Fisheries oceanography, bio-physical coupling, connectivity, larval transport, larval ecology, fish ecology, fish age, growth, and survival, environment-fisheries interactions, stock structure

Heck KL Jr

Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, 101 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
Benthic ecology, emphasis on seagrass ecosystems

Hughes RN

School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, United Kingdom
Foraging behaviour; ecology of clonal and modular organisms

Karlson RH

Department of Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Population and community ecology of benthic invertebrates

Kiørboe T

Danish Institute for Fisheries and Marine Research, Charlottenlund Castle, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Biological oceanography; physical and biological processes in the pelagial with emphasis on copepods and fish larvae

Lawrence JM

Dept of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Physiological ecology of invertebrates

Levin LA

Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0218, USA
Infaunal community structure; invertebrate life histories; bioturbation; isotopic tracers

Levitan DR

Dept of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1100 USA
Invertebrate reproduction and life history evolution, population biology

Pawlik J

UNCW Center for Marine Science, 5001 Masonboro Loop Road, Wilmington, NC 28409, USA
Marine chemical ecology of invertebrates; chemical induction of larval settlement; natural products

Peterson CH

Institute of Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3407 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA
Marine benthic ecology; population biology

Rassoulzadegan F

Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche, Station Zoologique, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Microbial ecology (food webs, microbial loop); pico- and nanoplankton; planktonic flagellates and ciliates; carbon flux

Sherman K

US Dept of Commerce, NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Center, 28 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
Fisheries ecology; fishery resources; zooplankton

Sherr B & E

College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Oceanography Admin. Bldg 104, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Microbial food webs; trophic roles of phagotrophic protozoans

Stergiou KI

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, Departrment of Zoology, PO Box 34, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Fish population dynamics, distribution and the impacts of fishing on populations. Mediterranean fisheries; fish biogeography and climate change

Tenore KR

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, PO Box 38, Solomons, MD 20688-0038, USA
Benthic ecology and bioenergetics; production; food chains of detritus-based systems

Underwood AJ

Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, Marine Ecological Laboratory, A11, University of Sydney 2006, Australia
Experimental intertidal and subtidal ecology; behavior; life cycles of sessile invertebrates

Wilson RP

School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton, Swansea, United Kingdom
Role of seabirds in the marine environment: ecology, behaviour, distribution, foraging; recording systems attached to birds

Review Editors

Arnold WS
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5020, USA
Molluscan fisheries and ecology; larval dispersal and recruitment; marine population restoration

Attrill MJ
Marine Biology and Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
Estuarine ecology, seagrass ecology, benthic ecology, influence of climate on marine systems, coral-organism and mangrove-organism interactions

Bak RPM
Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, Postbox 59, 1790 AB Den Burg - Texel, The Netherlands
Coral reef ecology

Banse K
School of Oceanography, Box 357940, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA
Biological oceanography; plankton research

Barange M
Director GLOBEC, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
Zooplankton; biomass; community structure; euphausiids in upwelling regions; acoustics; fish behaviour

Beninger PG
Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Bivalve feeding; reproduction

Berman T
Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, PO Box 447, Migdal 14 950, Israel
Phytoplankton ecology

Blaber S
CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Division of Fisheries, PO Box 120, Cleveland, Qld. 4163, Australia
Ecology, biology, distribution of inshore and estuarine fishes of the tropics; general estuarine ecology; mangrove fish ecology; ecology, biology and distribution of seabirds

Bode AM
Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de A Coruña, Apo. 130, 15080 A Coruña, Spain
Planktonic food webs and nitrogen cycles

Bonsdorff E
Dept of Biology, Åbo Akademie University, Environmental and Marine Biology, Akademigatan 1, 205 00 Turku/Åbo, Finland
Zoobenthos; fish; macroalgae; coastal marine, estuarine and brackish ecology; experimentation; biodiversity; environmental impacts

Borsa P
IRD - Génetique des Populations, A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia (South Pacific)
Population genetics, phylogeography, molecular systematics, fishes, mussels, DNA polymorphisms, PCR markers

Brierley AS
Pelagic Ecology Research Group, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pelagic ecology; sea ice ecology; zooplankton; acoustic methods

Brown BE
The School of Biology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE71 7RU, United Kingdom
Effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbances on coral reefs

Buchholz F
Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, 27498 Helgoland, Germany
Physiological ecology; metabolic and thermal adaptation; zooplankton; moulting

Burton RS
Marine Biology Research Division 0202, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, 9500 Gilman, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
Population genetics; evolutionary mechanisms in populations; biochemical and molecular genetic analyses of invertebrates

Castilla JC
Dept de Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile
Rocky shore ecology and anthropogenic impacts; coastal management and conservation; shellfish and invertebrate predators

Cebrian J
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, 101 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
Coastal ecosystem ecology; trophic interactions; eutrophication; seagrass ecology

Cherel Y
Directeur de Recherche, CEBC - CNRS, BP 14, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
Food and feeding ecology of top marine predators; pelagic ecosystem of the Austral Ocean; stable isotopes

Colijn F
FTZ, Hafentörn, 25761 Büsum, Germany
Primary production; biomass; algal species composition; instrumentation of measurements on phytoplankton and microphytobenthos

Collos Y
Ecosystèmes Lagunaires, Université Montpellier II, CC093, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Nitrogen metabolism of phytoplankton

Corkeron PJ
Research Associate, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Marine mammals: ecology, behaviour, management; ecosystem-based fisheries management

Dame RF
Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, PO Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528-6054, USA
Bivalve physiological ecology; estuarine and shallow marine ecosystems; reefs (bivalve, coral, worm, etc); ecosystem analysis and complexity

Deibel D
Ocean Sciences Center, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NFLD A1C 5S7, Canada
Zooplankton ecology and nutrition, gelatinous organisms: ecology and physiology

Dortch Q
NOAA Coastal Ocean Program, N/SC12, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3202, USA
Phytoplankton: physiological ecology; nutrient dynamics, eutrophication, harmful algal blooms

Edmunds PJ
Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA
Coral reefs: cnidarian ecophysiology; subtidal benthic ecology

Elliott M
Dept of Applied Biology, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, The University, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
Structure and function of fish and benthic communities

Epifanio CE
Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
Early life history of fish and invertebrate larvae

Feller RJ
Biology and Marine Science, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Trophic dynamics and energetics of crustaceans; feeding and digestion of fishes; benthic ecology of meiofauna; ecological applications of immunology and serology

Fenchel T
Marine Biological Laboratory (University of Copenhagen), DK-3000 Helsingør, Denmark
Population biology; microbial ecology

Fisher NS
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
Physiological ecology of phytoplankton

Fong P
Gettysburg College, Dept of Biology, Gettysburg, PA 17325-1486, USA
Invertebrates; rocky intertidal; mud flat ecology; reproduction; neurophysiology

Forster RM
NIOO - CEMO, PO box 140 AC Yerseke, the Netherlands
Aquatic primary production; microphytobenthos; remote sensing of the coastal zone; effects of UV radiation

Fuhrman J
Marine Biology Research Section, Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA
Planktonic microbial ecology; productivity and growth of microorganisms, especially bacteria

Furuya K
Dept of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113, Japan
Phytoplankton ecology; community structure; dynamics

Godley BJ
Marine Turtle Research Group, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom
Marine Turtle Biology: ecology, behaviour, distribution, status and conservation; particularly interested in satellite tracking

Haedrich RL
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NFLD A1B 3X9, Canada
Zoogeography; natural history of fish

Hansen B
Roskilde University, Institute I, Life Sciences & Chemistry, PO Box 250, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Laboratory and in situ studies on zooplankton; secondary production (grazing, growth, energetics, feeding behaviour)

Helmuth B
University of South Carolina, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Biomechanics; physiology; benthic and intertidal ecology; corals

Hunt GL
School of Biological Sciences, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717-2525, USA
Seabirds; marine mammals; their roles in carbon fluxes

Ianora A
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn', Villa Comunale, 80121 Napels, Italy
Zooplankton ecophysiology, reproduction and development; chemical ecology of phytoplankton-zooplankton interactions

Kirby DS
Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia (South Pacific)
Fishes: fishery oceanography; behavioural ecology; population dynamics; modelling

Landry MR
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037-0227, USA
Food web interactions; zooplankton ecology

Lipcius RN
Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
Conservation biology; marine reserves; predation, metapopulation and source-sink dynamics; ecosystem-based management; restoration ecology; benthic invertebrate population dynamics; fisheres ecology; crustaceans; mollusks

Lobel PS
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Fish ecology, behavior, biogeography; coral reefs; fisheries and oceanography

Luoma SN
US Dept of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Div., 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Feeding ecology of deposit feeders; geochemistry of trace elements in sediments

McClanahan T
Senior Conservation Zoologist, Wildlife Conservation Society, Coral Reef Conservation, Kibaki Flats no. 12, Bamburi, Kenyatta Beach, PO Box 99470, Mombasa 80107, Kenya
Coral reef ecology and fisheries management

Minello TJ
Galveston Laboratory, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 4700 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, USA
Estuarine ecology; habitat functions for nekton and benthic organisms; behavior and biology of penaeid shrimps and blue crabs

Morgan SG
Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, PO Box 247, 2099 Westside Road, Bodega Bay, CA 9444923, USA
Invertebrates: reproductive and larval ecology, life history and behavior; ecology of rocky shores

Mumby PJ
Royal Society Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratory, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter EX4 4PS, United Kingdom
Multivariate statistical analysis; coral bleaching; marine protected areas, coastal reef ecology; reef fish behaviour; fish population dynamics

Oviatt CA
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197, USA
Systems ecology; primary production; nutrient and carbon cycling; role of higher trophic levels; impact of pollutants on coastal systems

Pedersen MF
Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry 18.1, Roskilde University, POBox 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Seagrass; macroalgae; eco-physiology; population dynamics including plant-herbivore interactions and competition; experimental design

Planque B
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Halieutique, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 03, France
Plankton ecology; fish recruitment; numerical analysis; statistics; modelling

Puiseux-Dao S
Micro-organisms Toxiques - CEMATMA, Laboratiore de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 12 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Ecophysiology and toxicology of algae; cellular biology; behavior of algae

Qian PY
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China
Invertebrate reproductive ecology: chemical induction/inhibition of larval attachment/metamorphosis; benthic ecology

Ralph R
Institute of Water and Environmental Resource Management, Dept of Environmental Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Westbourne St., George Hill 2065, NSW, Australia
Chlorophyll a fluorescence; coral bleaching; sea ice photosynhtesis; toxicology - algal; macroalgal physiology; seagrass physiology

Richardson K
Department of Marine Ecology, University of Århus, Finlandsgade 14, 8200 Århus N, Denmark
Phytoplankton: distributions, blooms, hydrographic features, chlorophyll, stratification, adaptations, primary production

Riisgård HU
Marine Biological Research Centre, University of Southern Denmark, Hindsholmsvej 11, 5300 Kerteminde, Denmark
Environmental effects, bioenergetics and filter-feeding in macroinvertebrates

Risk MJ
Dept of Geology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
Coral reef ecology; soft bottom ecology; coastal processes

Roff J C
Canada Research Chair, Environmental Sciences, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 12R6, CANADA
Planktonic ecosystems, communities and trophodynamics, primary and secondary production; pelagic-benthic interactions; marine conservation

Savidge G
The Queen's University of Belfast, Marine Biology Station, The Strand, Portaferry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Phytoplankton ecology; primary production; photosynthesis

Schiel DR
Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Experimental marine ecology; marine plant/herbivore interactions; demography and ecology of algae; invertebrate fisheries; aquaculture

Shick M
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5751, USA
Marine physiological ecology: oxygen toxicity and UV radiation stress in symbiotic invertebrates

Snelgrove P
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Boreal & Cold Ocean Systems, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's. NFLD A1C 5S7, Canada
Marine community ecology; larval ecology of fish and benthic invertebrates; biodiversity; hydrodynamic effects on benthic communities and populations, deep-sea ecology, disturbance and anthropogenic impacts

Sokolova IM
Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-001, USA
Ecological physiology of invertebrates and effects of pollutants

Southward AJ
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, United Kingdom
Environmental effects on invertebrates

Stickle WB
Department of Biology Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1725, USA
Ecological physiology of animals; toxicology; free amino acid regulation; effects of hypoxia, temperature and salinity; sublethal responses to pollution; tolerance limits; oil pollution

Swadling KM
Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries, Institute and School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Zooplankton; sea ice ecology; food web dynamics

Verity P
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, USA
Plankton ecology and pelagic food web structure

Vézina A
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1002, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
Phytoplankton, nutrient cycling, pelagic food web modelling

Videler JJ
Dept of Marine Biology, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
Swimming dynamics of plankton; activity pattern and reproductive strategies of fishes; energy budgets of herbivores

Wahl W
Zoologisches Institut der Universität Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Epibiosis; defense responses; biotic interactions; benthic communities; diversity; disturbances; stress; settlement; recruitment; tolerance

Wang WX,
Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
Marine pollution and ecotoxicology; biogeochemistry of trace elements; physiological ecology of marine invertebrates; trophic interaction

Wieser W
Institut für Zoologie der Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Physiological ecology of invertebrates

Youngbluth M
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 U.S. 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
Biological oceanography with special emphasis on zooplankton ecology and behavior

Zimmerman RC
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, PO Box 450, Moss Landing, CA 95039-0450, USA
Production ecology of seagrass, phytoplankton, seaweeds; modeling of ecosystems or physiological processes

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