1. Foreword

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 1 - 5

   

2. Mixed stock analysis and the power of different classes of molecular markers in discriminating coastal and oceanic Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) on the Lofoten spawning grounds, Northern Norway

   • Vidar Wennevik
   • Knut Eirik Jørstad
   • Svein-Erik Fevolden

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 7 - 25

   

3. Contrasting levels of genetic differentiation among putative neutral microsatellite loci in Atlantic herring Clupea harengus populations and the implications for assessing stock structure

   • Phillip C. Watts
   • David O’Leary
   • Thomas F. Cross

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 27 - 33

   

4. Marine reserves: the need for systems

   • W. J. Ballantine
   • T. J. Langlois

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 35 - 44

5. The challenge of assessing whether the OSPAR network of marine protected areas is ecologically coherent

   • Jeff A. Ardron

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 45 - 53

6. Individual-based movement behaviour in a simple marine reserve—fishery system: why predictive models should be handled with care

   • Edward A. Codling

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 55 - 61

   

7. Effects of marine reserve protection on spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas Fabr., 1787) in a central western Mediterranean area

   • Maria Cristina Follesa
   • Danila Cuccu
   • Angelo Cau

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 63 - 68

   

8. Incorporating ecological functioning into the designation and management of marine protected areas

   • C. L. J. Frid
   • O. A. L. Paramor
   • J. Bremner

   Challenges to Marine Ecosystems 12 April 2008 Pages: 69 - 79

   

9. Go with the flow: tidal import and export of larvae from semi-enclosed bays

   • M. J. Jessopp
   • R. J. McAllen

   CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 81 - 92

   

10. Seabed mapping in the southern Irish Sea: predicting benthic biological communities based on sediment characteristics

    • Fionnuala McBreen
    • James G. Wilson
    • Caitríona Nic Aonghusa

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 93 - 103

    

11. Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea—which, when, where, why?

    • B. S. Galil

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 105 - 116

    

12. The effect of high flow events on mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the Conwy estuary, North Wales, UK

    • Lucie R. Oliver
    • Raymond Seed
    • Brian Reynolds

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 117 - 127

    

13. Mobility of metals in salt marsh sediments colonised by Spartina maritima (Tagus estuary, Portugal)

    • Rosa Reboreda
    • Isabel Caçador
    • Pedro Raposo Almeida

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 129 - 137

    

14. Ecological hindcasting of biogeographic responses to climate change in the European intertidal zone

    • David S. Wethey
    • Sarah A. Woodin

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 139 - 151

    

15. Long-term changes in the status of Sevastopol Bay and the Crimean coast: anthropogenic and climatic influences

    • J. G. Wilson
    • T. S. Osadchaya
    • S. V. Alyomov

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 153 - 160

    

16. The sea ahead: challenges to marine biology from seafood sustainability

    • Tony J. Pitcher

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 161 - 185

    

17. Effects of fishing methods on deep water shark species caught as by-catch off southern Portugal

    • Rui Coelho
    • Karim Erzini

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 187 - 193

    

18. Catch me in winter! Seasonal variation in air temperature severely enhances physiological stress and mortality of species subjected to sorting operations and discarded during annual fishing activities

    • Folco Giomi
    • Saša Raicevich
    • Mariano Beltramini

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 195 - 202

    

19. Grazing and assimilation rate estimates of hydromedusae from a temperate tidal creek system

    • Daniel Marshalonis
    • James L. Pinckney

    CHALLENGES TO MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 12 April 2008 Pages: 203 - 211