What Makes Nearshore Habitats Nurseries for Nekton? An Emerging View of the Nursery Role Hypothesis

How many fish use mangroves? The 75% rule an ill-defined and poorly validated concept

(2017) Marcus Sheaves   FISH AND FISHERIES

Identifying keystone habitats with a mosaic approach can improve biodiversity conservation in disturbed ecosystems

(2017) Sean M. Hitchman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Lagoon nurseries make a major contribution to adult populations of a highly prized coastal fish

(2017) Jennifer Tournois et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Fish Biomass in Tropical Estuaries: Substantial Variation in Food Web Structure, Sources of Nutrition and Ecosystem-Supporting Processes

(2016) Marcus Sheaves et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Seascapes are not landscapes: an analysis performed using Bernhard Riemann's rules: Table 1.

(2016) John Pilling Manderson   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Prioritising seascape connectivity in conservation using network analysis

(2016) Sarah L. Engelhard et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Seagrass fragmentation impacts recruitment dynamics of estuarine-dependent fish

(2016) Jason A. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Proposed best modeling practices for assessing the effects of ecosystem restoration on fish

(2015) Kenneth A. Rose et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis

(2015) Andrew D. Olds et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Geographic variation in mangrove flooding and accessibility for fishes and nektonic crustaceans

(2015) Ronald Baker et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Demography of fish populations reveals new challenges in appraising juvenile habitat values

(2015) IA Kimirei et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Direct and indirect effects of nursery habitats on coral-reef fish assemblages, grazing pressure and benthic dynamics

(2015) Alastair R. Harborne et al.   OIKOS

Habitat-specific food webs and trophic interactions supporting coastal-dependent fishery species: an Australian case study

(2015) Kátya G. Abrantes et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation

(2015) David A. Crook et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Demography of fish populations reveals new challenges in appraising juvenile habitat values

(2015) IA Kimirei et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Mangrove Habitat Use by Juvenile Reef Fish: Meta-Analysis Reveals that Tidal Regime Matters More than Biogeographic Region

(2015) Mathias M. Igulu et al.   PLoS One

True Value of Estuarine and Coastal Nurseries for Fish: Incorporating Complexity and Dynamics

(2014) Marcus Sheaves et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Juvenile growth and mortality effects on white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus population dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2014) Ronald Baker et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Saltmarsh pool and tidal creek morphodynamics: Dynamic equilibrium of northern latitude saltmarshes?

(2014) Carol A. Wilson et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Habitat utilization patterns determine the physiological condition of Cynoscion regalis during estuarine residency

(2014) SY Litvin et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

(2013) Glenn A. Hyndes et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Restoration ecology: Ecological fidelity, restoration metrics, and a systems perspective

(2013) Michael P. Weinstein et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Geographic coupling of juvenile and adult habitat shapes spatial population dynamics of a coral reef fish

(2013) Chantal M. Huijbers et al.   ECOLOGY

Mangrove Fish Production is Largely Fuelled by External Food Sources: A Stable Isotope Analysis of Fishes at the Individual, Species, and Community Levels from Across the Globe

(2013) M. M. Igulu et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Short-term dissolved oxygen patterns in sub-tropical mangroves

(2013) Jon M. Knight et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

The ways in which fish use estuaries: a refinement and expansion of the guild approach

(2013) Ian C Potter et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

The seascape nursery: a novel spatial approach to identify and manage nurseries for coastal marine fauna

(2013) Ivan Nagelkerken et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Patterns and processes of habitat-specific demographic variability in exploited marine species

(2013) Rita P. Vasconcelos et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Connectivity between estuarine and coastal fish populations: contributions of estuaries are not consistent over time

(2013) P Reis-Santos et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

The Mangrove Nursery Paradigm Revisited: Otolith Stable Isotopes Support Nursery-to-Reef Movements by Indo-Pacific Fishes

(2013) Ismael A. Kimirei et al.   PLoS One

Temporal variability in estuarine fish otolith elemental fingerprints: Implications for connectivity assessments

(2012) Patrick Reis-Santos et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Exploring ‘knowns’ and ‘unknowns’ in tropical seascape connectivity with insights from East African coral reefs

(2012) Charlotte Berkström et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Ecosystem equivalence and the ability to generalise: insights from global consistencies in mangrove fish assemblages

(2012) M Sheaves   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Effects of Marine Reserves versus Nursery Habitat Availability on Structure of Reef Fish Communities

(2012) Ivan Nagelkerken et al.   PLoS One

Connectivity between estuaries and marine environment: Integrating metrics to assess estuarine nursery function

(2011) R.P. Vasconcelos et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Geographic Variability in Salt Marsh Flooding Patterns may Affect Nursery Value for Fishery Species

(2011) Thomas J. Minello et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Comparing the nursery role of inner continental shelf and estuarine habitats for temperate marine fishes

(2011) Ryan J. Woodland et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Why is achieving good ecological outcomes in rivers so difficult?

(2011) GRAHAM P. HARRIS et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Diel movements of fishes linked to benthic seascape structure in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

(2011) S Hitt et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Quantifying seascape structure: extending terrestrial spatial pattern metrics to the marine realm

(2011) LM Wedding et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Practicing coastal seascape ecology

(2011) SJ Pittman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Seascape ecology of coastal biogenic habitats: advances, gaps, and challenges

(2011) C Boström et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Ontogenetic habitat use by mangrove/seagrass-associated coral reef fishes shows flexibility in time and space

(2010) Ismael A. Kimirei et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Seagrass nurseries contribute to coral reef fish populations

(2010) Marieke C. Verweij et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Population connectivity of red drum in the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2010) JR Rooker et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Temporal dynamics of fish assemblages of natural and artificial tropical estuaries

(2010) M Sheaves et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Simple ecological trade-offs give rise to emergent cross-ecosystem distributions of a coral reef fish

(2010) Monique G. G. Grol et al.   OECOLOGIA

Conservation planning for connectivity across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms

(2009) Maria Beger et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Hydrologic habitat preferences of select southeastern USA fishes resilient to river ecosystem fragmentation

(2009) Andrew L. Rypel et al.   Ecohydrology

The Charisma of Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing the Imbalance

(2009) Carlos M. Duarte et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Overlooked small and juvenile piscivores dominate shallow-water estuarine “refuges” in tropical Australia

(2009) Ron Baker et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Consequences of ecological connectivity: the coastal ecosystem mosaic

(2009) M Sheaves   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Ecological drivers of spatial variability among fish fauna of 21 tropical Australian estuaries

(2009) M Sheaves et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Piscivore assemblages and predation pressure affect relative safety of some back-reef habitats for juvenile fish in a Caribbean bay

(2009) M Dorenbosch et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Relative predation risk for fishes along a subtropical mangrove–seagrass ecotone

(2009) N Hammerschlag et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Mangroves and seagrass beds do not enhance growth of early juveniles of a coral reef fish

(2008) MGG Grol et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Juvenile fish densities in Florida Keys mangroves correlate with landscape characteristics

(2008) CA Drew et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Refugees or ravenous predators: detecting predation on new recruits to tropical estuarine nurseries

(2008) Ron Baker et al.   WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Comparing static versus dynamic protected areas in the Québec boreal forest

(2007) Bronwyn Rayfield et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Influence of marine and freshwater connectivity on the dynamics of subtropical estuarine wetland fish metapopulations

(2007) M Sheaves et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES