Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

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As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to ...

It includes the community ecology of these ecosystems, as well as ecosystem processes, interactions with adjacent terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and conservation and restoration. Latest ...

Coastal environmental science student Lucille Yoes was selected as an LSU global ambassador for 2025. She and the rest of the ...

We analyze the interactions among marine ecology and biodiversity, fisheries, socioeconomics, climate change, and more. We use sequence-based approaches, flow cytometry, modeling, and other techniques ...

The study of the ecology of marine communities that live on or near the rocks and sediments of the ocean floor. (Crab photo courtesy biological oceanographer Lisa Levin.) A department of UC San Diego, ...