The term keystone species was first coined by Robert Paine (1966) after extensive studies examining the interaction strengths of food webs in rocky intertidal ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.

The trajectory of such ecosystem recovery ... to stabilize the eroding shorelines of tidal marshes using natural intertidal reef communities comprised of shellfish (e.g., mussels), coconut ...

In the Grass, On the Reef explores the estuary ecosystems of north Florida ... creatures that inhabit the intertidal zone.

The footprint beds show that, as global sea levels rose rapidly after the last ice age around 9000 to 6000 years ago, humans formed part of rich intertidal ecosystems alongside aurochs, red deer, roe ...

Washington's clam, oyster, and mussel seasons are now open, with resources provided by WDFW for a sustainable harvest.

The introduction of exotic species can pose significant challenges in the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, yet researchers have found that Pacific oysters introduced to the Port River in ...

In the Gulf of Maine (GOM), the rocky intertidal harbors the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, an important ecosystem engineer in these communities. Using mussel collections in the Southwest GOM from ...

The Asian clam has found its way to the Dutch Wadden Sea. This is shown by field researchers from the Netherlands Institute ...