Marine biology - Latest research and news (2024)

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Marine biology is the study of life in the oceans and brackish waters, which ranges from archaea and bacteria to marine mammals, and includes organisms such as corals that affect the shape of the seafloor. This may also include human modifications to ocean biology, such as fisheries or the effects of overfishing.

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    Competing effects of wind and buoyancy forcing on ocean oxygen trends in recent decades

    Ocean deoxygenation since the late 1960s has been partially mitigated by wind-driven oxygenation, particularly in the Southern Ocean. The predicted slowdown in wind intensification may therefore accelerate ocean deoxygenation in the coming decades.

    • Helene A. L. Hollitzer
    • Lavinia Patara
    • Andreas Oschlies

    ResearchOpen Access Nature Communications

    Volume: 15, P: 9264

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (2)

    Reduced and smaller phytoplankton during marine heatwaves in eastern boundary upwelling systems

    Longer and more intense marine heatwaves are associated with a dominance of smaller plankton species and lower overall biomass, according to an analysis of ocean color satellite data and distribution modeling.

    • Weikang Zhan
    • Ming Feng
    • Qingyou He

    ResearchOpen Access

    Volume: 5, P: 629

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (3)

    Coral photosymbiosis on Mid-Devonian reefs

    Nitrogen isotope evidence of Mid-Devonian photosymbiotic associations in certain types of corals suggests thatautotrophic and heterotrophic corals co-existed on extinct reefs, as today, but in warmer oceans, indicating the current warming rate, not temperature, is causing coral bleaching.

    • Jonathan Jung
    • Simon F. Zoppe
    • Alfredo Martínez-García
  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (4)

    Seabird nutrients increase coral calcification rates and boost reef carbonate production

    • Ines D. Lange
    • Cassandra E. Benkwitt

    ResearchOpen Access Scientific Reports

    Volume: 14, P: 24937

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (5)

    The North Pacific Eukaryotic Gene Catalog of metatranscriptome assemblies and annotations

    • R. D. Groussman
    • S. N. Coesel
    • E. V. Armbrust

    ResearchOpen Access Scientific Data

    Volume: 11, P: 1161

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (6)

    Acute copper stress showed toxic effects on the physiological metabolism of Ulva lactuca, a common green macroalgae

    • Weimin Chen
    • Manying Sun

    ResearchOpen Access Scientific Reports

    Volume: 14, P: 24883

News and Comment

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (7)

    Challenges in developing STEM sign language for inclusive education

    Caroline Solomon is a biological oceanographer and deaf. She discusses how STEM sign lexicon development contributes to inclusive education and which challenges still need to be overcome.

    • Caroline M. Solomon

    Comments & Opinion Nature Human Behaviour

    P: 1

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (8)

    Coral reefs deserve evidence-based management not heroic interference

    Climate impacts are triggering a host of novel bio- and geoengineering interventions to save coral reefs. This Comment challenges heroic scientific assumptions and advocates for a more systemic, evidence-based approach to caring for coral reefs.

    • Robert P. Streit
    • Tiffany H. Morrison
    • David R. Bellwood

    Comments & Opinion Nature Climate Change

    Volume: 14, P: 773-775

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (9)

    Mixed management boosts reef shark abundance

    A global survey using baited cameras on coral reefs demonstrates a near twofold increase in the relative abundance of reef sharks in marine protected areas that are also embedded within areas of effective fisheries management. However, such conservation benefits were not evident for wide-ranging sharks or rays found on the reef.

    • David M. P. Jacoby

    News & Views

    Volume: 8, P: 1066-1067

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (10)

    Ecological role of offshore structures

    Oil and gas installations, offshore windfarms and other artificial constructions may enhance marine ecosystems and have been proposed to help meet conservation targets. A study synthesizes existing literature to reveal global patterns in their ecological effectiveness.

    • Andrew R. Gates
    • Daniel O. B. Jones

    News & Views Nature Sustainability

    Volume: 7, P: 383-384

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (11)

    Shining light on dinoflagellate photosystem I

    Dinoflagellates are ecologically important and essential to corals and other cnidarians as phytosymbionts, but their photosystems had been underexplored. Recently, photosystem I (PSI) of dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. was structurally characterized using cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM). These analyses revealed a distinct organization of the PSI supercomplex, including two previously unidentified subunits, PsaT and PsaU, and shed light on interactions between light harvesting antenna proteins and the PSI core. These results have implications with respect to the evolution of dinoflagellates and their association with cnidarians.

    • Senjie Lin
    • Shuaishuai Wu
    • Arthur R. Grossman

    Comments & OpinionOpen Access Nature Communications

    Volume: 15, P: 3337

  • Marine biology - Latest research and news (12)

    Restoration as a meaningful aid to ecological recovery of coral reefs

    Restoration supports the recovery of ecological attributes such as cover, complexity, and diversity to slow the areal decline of natural ecosystems. Restoration activity is intensifying worldwide to combat persistent stressors that are driving global declines to the extent and resilience of coral reefs. However, restoration is disputed as a meaningful aid to reef ecological recovery, often as an expensive distraction to addressing the root causes of reef loss. We contend this dispute partly stems from inferences drawn from small-scale experimental restoration outcomes amplified by misconceptions around cost-based reasoning. Alongside aggressive emissions reductions, we advocate urgent investment in coral reef ecosystem restoration as part of the management toolbox to combat the destruction of reefs as we know them within decades.

    • David J. Suggett
    • James Guest
    • Tom Moore

    Comments & OpinionOpen Access npj Ocean Sustainability

    Volume: 3, P: 20

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