The study of the ecology of marine communities that live on or near the rocks and sediments of the ocean floor. (Crab photo courtesy biological oceanographer Lisa Levin.) CMBC promotes ...

A seastar that specializes in living on pieces of wood that have fallen into the ocean is among the top 10 new marine species ...

We report the distribution of benthic megafaunal assemblages in and around four "pockmark complexes" in the North Sea to determine the structure of megafaunal communities inside pockmarks and whether ...

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but also play an important role in sediment formation.

Many marine mammals, sea birds and fish in the northern Bering Sea feed primarily on benthic species. Walrus and bearded seal, which are key subsistence resources for Alaska Native people in the ...

The priming effect of benthic infaunal mucus was tested using mucus of the common gastropod Neverita duplicata as model substrate. Its composition is typical of marine molluscan mucus, consisting ...