December 2, 2010

dec 2010 – Editorial highlights importance of examining all species within oceans to better understand ecology. This is illustrated by 2 of the articles, one reporting on the population structure and body dimensions of two crab species inhabiting a boulder-shore in Israel; the other from Turkey, emphasizes the usefulness of underwater photography for taxonomic and ecologic studies on fish parasites. An article reports on the chronology of the impact on seabirds of a persistent oil spill such as the Deepwater Horizon versus a rapid oil spill such as the Exxon Valdez.