Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Coastal streetlights shape intertidal sessile community abundance and are associated with altered post-disturbance recovery in urban rocky shores

Coastal urban environments concentrate high levels of artificial light at night (ALAN), yet how persistent light pollution interacts with urban habitat conditions to shape intertidal community structure remains poorly understood. Here, we combined field surveys on natural rocky p...

Ten years after: a review of squidpop assays to test predation in aquatic habitats

Ten years have passed since the introduction of a standardized methodology for measuring consumption rates by animals in aquatic environments, known as “squidpops”. Its low-cost, easy-to-implement design made it an alternative for studies aiming to compare consumption rates acros...