A desert in the ocean – Depauperate fouling communities on marine litter in the hyper-oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Planktonic food web structure and trophic transfer efficiency along a productivity gradient in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean

(2019) Laia Armengol et al.   Scientific Reports

Marine protected areas invaded by floating anthropogenic litter: An example from the South Pacific

(2019) Guillermo Luna‐Jorquera et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Marine invertebrate larvae love plastics: Habitat selection and settlement on artificial substrates

(2019) Javier Pinochet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Anomalous wind triggered the largest phytoplankton bloom in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2019) Chun Hoe Chow et al.   Scientific Reports

A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

(2019) Laurent Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Reference database design for the automated analysis of microplastic samples based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy

(2018) Sebastian Primpke et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Long-distance transport of a West Atlantic stony coral on a plastic raft

(2018) Bert W. Hoeksema et al.   ECOLOGY

A Surface “Superconvergence” Pathway Connecting the South Indian Ocean to the Subtropical South Pacific Gyre

(2018) C. Maes et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Dispersal of alien invasive species on anthropogenic litter from European mariculture areas

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic marine litter composition in coastal areas may be a predictor of potentially invasive rafting fauna

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   PLoS One

Two new species of amphipod genus Stenothoe Dana, 1852 (Stenothoidae) associated with fouling assemblages from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam

(2018) IVAN MARIN et al.   ZOOTAXA

Age and area predict patterns of species richness in pumice rafts contingent on oceanic climatic zone encountered

(2018) Eleanor Velasquez et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Climate change opens new frontiers for marine species in the Arctic: Current trends and future invasion risks

(2018) Farrah T. Chan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bio-ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling

(2017) Jorge Assis et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Aquaculture and urban marine structures facilitate native and non-indigenous species transfer through generation and accumulation of marine debris

(2017) Marnie L. Campbell et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

(2017) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography

(2017) James T. Carlton et al.   SCIENCE

Structural complexity and component type increase intertidal biodiversity independently of area

(2016) Lynette H. L. Loke et al.   ECOLOGY

Inertia-induced accumulation of flotsam in the subtropical gyres

(2016) F. J. Beron-Vera et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Transoceanic dispersal and cryptic diversity in a cosmopolitan rafting nudibranch

(2016) Jennifer S. Trickey et al.   INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS

Debris size and buoyancy influence the dispersal distance of stranded litter

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter as a vector for non-native species: What we need to know

(2016) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Endorsing Darwin: global biogeography of the epipelagic goose barnaclesLepas spp. (Cirripedia, Lepadomorpha) proves cryptic speciation

(2016) Philipp H. Schiffer et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Taxonomy of intertidal cheilostome Bryozoa of Maceió, northeastern Brazil. Part 1: Suborders Inovicellina, Malacostegina and Thalamoporellina

(2016) LEANDRO M. VIEIRA et al.   ZOOTAXA

Oceanic barnacles act as foundation species on plastic debris: implications for marine dispersal

(2016) Michael A. Gil et al.   Scientific Reports

Does size and buoyancy affect the long-distance transport of floating debris?

(2015) Peter G Ryan   Environmental Research Letters

A new Stenothoe species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Stenothoidae) living on Boloceropsis platei (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Chilean Patagonia

(2015) T. Krapp-Schickel et al.   HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH

Minute but constant morphological differences within members of Stenothoidae: theStenothoe gallensisgroup with four new members, keys toStenothoeworldwide, a new species ofParametopaandSudanean. gen. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

(2015) Traudl Krapp-Schickel   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Litter and seabirds found across a longitudinal gradient in the South Pacific Ocean

(2015) Diego Miranda-Urbina et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity

(2015) Jorge García Molinos et al.   Nature Climate Change

Stenothoids living with or on other animals (Crustacea, Amphipoda)

(2015) Traudl Krapp-Schickel et al.   Zoosystematics and Evolution

Transoceanic genetic similarities of kelp-associated sea slug populations: long-distance dispersal via rafting?

(2014) R. A. Cumming et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biological oceanography, biogeochemical cycles, and pelagic ecosystem functioning of the east central South Pacific Gyre: focus on Easter Island and Salas y Gomez Island

(2014) Peter von Dassow et al.   Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Relationship of diversity and habitat area in North Pacific plastic-associated rafting communities

(2014) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

The Role of Habitat Complexity in Community Development Is Mediated by Resource Availability

(2014) Rachel S. Smith et al.   PLoS One

New metric of microhabitat complexity predicts species richness on a rocky shore

(2013) Justin J. Meager et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Distribution and abundance of small plastic debris on beaches in the SE Pacific (Chile): A study supported by a citizen science project

(2013) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre

(2013) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Redesign of PCR primers for mitochondrial cytochromecoxidase subunit I for marine invertebrates and application in all-taxa biotic surveys

(2013) J. Geller et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Passive rafting is a powerful driver of transoceanic gene flow

(2012) R. Nikula et al.   Biology Letters

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

Rapid, Long-Distance Dispersal by Pumice Rafting

(2012) Scott E. Bryan et al.   PLoS One

Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling

(2011) Lennert Tyberghein et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Rafting on abiotic substrata: properties of floating items and their influence on community succession

(2011) M Bravo et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam

(2011) BW Hoeksema et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters

(2011) Nikolai Maximenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Circumpolar dispersal by rafting in two subantarctic kelp-dwelling crustaceans

(2010) R Nikula et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Detached aquaculture buoys in the SE Pacific: potential dispersal vehicles for associated organisms

(2009) JC Astudillo et al.   Aquatic Biology

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL