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Like a rolling stone: the mobility of maerl (corallinaceae) and the neutrality of the associated assemblages.

Johnson, Mark P. (Ecological Society of America, 2008)

Beds of non-attached coralline algae (maerl or rhodoliths) are widespread and considered relatively species rich. This habitat is generally found in areas where there is chronic physical disturbance such that maerl thalli ...
The persistent spatial patchiness of limpet grazing

Johnson, Mark P. (Elsevier, 2008)

The characteristic variability of grazing has potential consequences for intertidal productivity and community structure, particularly as many of the underlying functional relationships are thought to be non linear. As a ...
What is the future for marine protected areas in Irish waters?

Johnson, Mark P. (Royal Irish Academy, 2008)

The UK and Ireland, in common with most other European states, are in the middle of a period of rapid expansion in the number of marine protected areas (generally as Special Areas of Conservation, SACs, to meet the EU ...