NCEAS | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

The Cane Toad's (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) Increasing Ability to Invade Australia Is Revealed by a Dynamically Updated Range Model

Mark C. Urban, Ben L. Phillips, David K. Skelly, Richard Shine
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274, 1616 (2007)

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The story most viewed by visitors to the NSF web site in 2006 was Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services, from NCEAS’ Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Working Group.

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Temperature Control of Larval Dispersal and the Implications for Marine Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

Sea Urchin larva Mary I. O’Connor, John F. Bruno, Steven D. Gaines, Benjamin S. Halpern, Sarah E. Lester, Brian P. Kinlan, and Jack M. Weiss
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104, 4 (2007)
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Network of Marine Protected Areas for California’s North Coast to Be Designed

As California nears completion of its proposal for the Central Coast, the next phase of implementation of Marine Life Protection Act begins.

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The Macroecology of Marine Cleaning Mutualisms

Sergio R. Floeter, Diego P. Vázquez, and Alexandra S. Grutter

Journal of Animal Ecology 76, 1 (2007)

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Editor's Choice, Science 314, 5806 (2006)

A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems

Robert J. Orth, Tim J. B. Carruthers, William C. Dennison, Carlos M. Duarte, James W. Fourqurean, Kenneth L. Heck Jr., A. Randall Hughes, Gary A. Kendrick, W. Judson Kenworthy, Suzanne Olyarnik, Frederick T. Short, Michelle Waycott, and Susan L. Williams

BioScience 56, 12 (2006)