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| Lisa A LevinSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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A hydrothermal seep on the Costa Rica margin: middle ground in a continuum of reducing ecosystemsLisa A Levin
Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0218, USA
Proc Biol Sci 279:2580-8. 2012..Their coexistence reinforces the continuity of reducing environments and exemplifies a setting conducive to interactive evolution of vent and seep biota...
Understanding continental margin biodiversity: a new imperativeLisa A Levin
Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093 0218, USA
Ann Rev Mar Sci 4:79-112. 2012..It is under significant threat from climate change and human resource extraction activities. Serious actions are required to preserve the functions and services provided by the deep-sea settings we are just now getting to know...- Anaerobic metazoans: no longer an oxymoronLisa A Levin
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0218, USA
BMC Biol 8:31. 2010..Reported by Danovaro et al. in BMC Biology, these three new species of Loricifera add a new and remarkable dimension to anoxic ecosystems previously thought to support only unicellular life... 
Ecological theory and continental margins: where shallow meets deepLisa A Levin
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0218, USA
Trends Ecol Evol 24:606-17. 2009..Concepts of disturbance, diversity-function relationships, top-down versus bottom-up control, facilitation and meta-dynamics offer a framework for studying fundamental processes and understanding future change...- Invasive cordgrass modifies wetland trophic functionLisa A Levin
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093 0218, USA
Ecology 87:419-32. 2006.... - Evaluating the importance of demographic connectivity in a marine metapopulationHenry S Carson
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gillman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 0218, USA
Ecology 92:1972-84. 2011.... - Mechanisms generating modification of benthos following tidal flat invasion by a Spartina hybridCarlos Neira
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093 0218, USA
Ecol Appl 16:1391-404. 2006..Our results suggest that multiple physical, chemical, biotic, and trophic impacts of the Spartina invasion have resulted in substantial changes in benthic communities that are likely to have important effects on the entire ecosystem... - Regulation of benthic algal and animal communities by salt marsh plants: impact of shadingChristine R Whitcraft
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093 0218, USA
Ecology 88:904-17. 2007..This research facilitates understanding of sequential consequences of changing salt marsh plant cover associated with climate or sea level change, habitat degradation, marsh restoration, or plant invasion... - Reproductive timing alters population connectivity in marine metapopulationsHenry S Carson
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Curr Biol 20:1926-31. 2010..Consideration of present and future reproductive timing as altered by climate change is crucial to marine connectivity and conservation, especially for the numerous coastal areas subject to seasonal current reversals... - Macrobenthic community response to copper in Shelter Island Yacht Basin, San Diego Bay, CaliforniaCarlos Neira
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0218, USA
Mar Pollut Bull 62:701-17. 2011.... - Complex larval connectivity patterns among marine invertebrate populationsBonnie J Becker
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0218, La Jolla, CA 92093 0218, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:3267-72. 2007..The exchange of larvae and resulting connectivities among marine populations have fundamental consequences for the evolution and ecology of species and for the management of coastal resources... - Utilization of invasive tamarisk by salt marsh consumersChristine R Whitcraft
Integrative Oceanography Department, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 0218, USA
Oecologia 158:259-72. 2008.... - Archaea in metazoan diets: implications for food webs and biogeochemical cyclingAndrew R Thurber
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
ISME J 6:1602-12. 2012..This work is the first to show that Archaea are consumed by heterotrophic metazoans, a trophic process we coin as 'archivory'... - Novel antifoulants: inhibition of larval attachment by proteasesSergey Dobretsov
Coastal Marine Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
Mar Biotechnol (NY) 9:388-97. 2007..neritina produced proteolytic enzymes, whereas most of the bacteria that formed inhibitive biofilms produced proteases. Our investigation demonstrated the potential use of proteolytic enzymes for antifouling defense...