Frontiers in Marine Science

Original Research

Published on 06 Nov 2025

CoDeMap: a classification scheme for benthic habitats from the coast to the deep sea in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Valentina Grande
Lorenzo Angeletti
Mariacristina Prampolini
Giorgio Castellan
Giacomo Dalla Valle
Simonetta Fraschetti
Daniela Basso
Dimitar Berov
Valentina A. Bracchi
Frine Cardone

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1663369

1,574 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Nov 2025

Eddy kinetic energy variability of the Kuroshio Extension and its upstream-downstream connectivity

SeungYong Lee
Hanna Na
Young-Gyu Park
Hyung-Ju Park
Suna Cho

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1648295

868 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Nov 2025

Isolation, identification and characterization of Photobacterium leiognathi 10MKXP20 from sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) cultured in Southeast China

Qiuhua Yang
Lili Wang
Yanfang Zhong
Ming Zhang
Huiyao Li
Yinhua Wang
Yilong Fan
Weiju Xing
Jianshao Wu
Shengkang Li

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1679287

737 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Nov 2025

The Blue Carbon Cost Tool – understanding market potential and investment requirements for high-quality coastal wetland projects

Stefanie Simpson
Lindsey S. Smart
Emily Landis
Stephanie Van Laere
Abu S. M. G. Kibria
Olga Albot
Mark Beeston
Catherine E. Lovelock
Robert I. McDonald
Ryan P. Moyer

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1622255

3,038 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Nov 2025

Characteristic and source quantification of nitrogen in sediments of a subtropical mangrove estuary

Qingbi Tan
Yuhang Zhong
Siqi Sun
Yongjun Luo
Lixia Niu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1684073

682 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Nov 2025

Comprehensive protection and revitalization of Levuka world heritage from the perspective of marine spatial planning

Wanchao Kang
Xin Teng
Qiwei Zhao
Arpana Pratap
Xue Meng
Panpan Zhang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1658939

732 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Nov 2025

A novel size-based method for assessing the spawning potential ratio of data-poor octopus fisheries

Jeremy D. Prince
Indah Rufiati
Wahyu Dita Septiani
Duranta Diandria Kembaren
Charlotte Louise Anne Gough

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1647742

1,633 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 03 Nov 2025

Novel evidence of interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Jesús Erick Higuera-Rivas
Francesca Pancaldi
Salvador J. Jorgensen
Edgar Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1667683

33,037 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Nov 2025

Regenerative responses and structural plasticity of gills in Atlantic salmon

Carolina Smok
Mariana Rojas
Marcia B. Aguila
Mariano del Sol

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1682427

1,068 views

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Oct 2025

A Network-theoretic approach for evaluating Connectivity and Statistically Persistent Community Structure for Marine Spatial Planning

Graeme Guy
Karsten N. Economou
Yongxing Ma
Jessica Sameoto
Ryan R.E. Stanley
Wendy C Gentleman

Frontiers in Marine Science

232 views

Original Research

Accepted on 31 Oct 2025

Tidal Currents and the Dynamics of Sand Dunes in the Khuran Strait – The Persian Gulf

Maryam Hajibaba
Mohsen Soltanpour
S. Abbas Haghshenas

Frontiers in Marine Science

257 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Estimating the Mediterranean sea-level trends from 1993 to 2022 showing the consistency of X-TRACK-L2P coastal altimetry with tide gauge data and trend impacts on Egypt's northern coast

Mohamed M. Youssef
Qianqian Li
Ahmed Zaki
Lin Wu
Lifeng Bao

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1683307

1,178 views

Mini Review

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Beyond the plains: deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules on and around seamounts

Cherisse Du Preez
Heidi Gartner
Sheryl Murdock
Verena Tunnicliffe

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1666150

3,276 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Optimizing effort for profit and sustainability: a bioeconomic and environmental evaluation of the Namibian hake fishery

Tomas Nalukaku
Laurine Mule Mueni
Mary Opeyemi Adebote
George Darko
Olumide Samuel Olowe
Anna-Marie Namboga
Kabiru Muhammad
Radek Gebauer
Ewumi Azeez Folorunso

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1688036

1,161 views

Review

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Microplastic surface biofilms: a review of structural assembly, influencing factors, and ecotoxicity

Hao Chen
Xuewei Wang
Haiyang Yin
Le Sun
Xinyan Yang
Wenyue Zhong
Lin Kong
Ling Liu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1701766

2,173 views

Review

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Seagrass restoration in the greater Southeast Asia region: techniques, species, survival and comparisons among investigations

Anitra Thorhaug
Jennifer Joan Verduin
Wawan Kiswara
Anhana Prathep
Xiaoping Huang
John Barry Gallagher
Tzuen-Kiat Yap
Rohani Ambo-Rappe
Susan E. Dorward
Arthur Schwarz

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1505222

1,927 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Vessel traffic disrupts walrus vocal behavior in a proposed marine protected area

Veronica L. M. Coppolaro
Emma L. Ausen
Lisa L. Loseto
Marianne Marcoux

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1658328

1,681 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Assessment of microplastic pollution in corals, seawater, and marine sediments in the Gulf of Thailand

Makamas Sutthacheep
Charernmee Chamchoy
Wichin Suebpala
Arirush Wongnutpranont
Laongdow Jungrak
Wiphawan Aunkhongthong
Sittiporn Pengsakun
Wanlaya Klinthong
Morakot Jowantha
Laddawan Sangsawang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1669901

1,655 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 31 Oct 2025

Regulatory overload or incentive deficit? Forty years of structural imbalances in China’s marine environmental policy instruments

Meng Ye
Rui Guo

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1674863

886 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 31 Oct 2025

From marine pollutant characterization to regional practice: implications of ITLOS Advisory Opinion No. 31 for the maritime sectors and Hainan FTP’s governance adaptation

Tingting Wang
Yue Sun

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1683617

948 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Seasonal air-sea CO2 flux dynamics in Colombia’s Gorgona Marine Area during La Niña 2021–2022

Simón Gutiérrez Duque
Alberto Acosta
Andrea Murcia
Alejandro P. Garcia
Andrea Corredor-Acosta
José Martin Hernandez-Ayon
Luz de Lourdes Aurora Coronado Álvarez
Lucía Carolina Kahl
Diana Ruiz-Pino

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1633653

1,831 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Characterise to manage: first analysis of small-scale fishery profiles on the Amazon coast

Manoela de Almeida Carneiro
Luiza Prestes
Benjamín Suárez-Ahumada
Ronaldo Borges Barthem
Dimitri de Araújo Costa

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1606295

1,731 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Spatial variations and potential risks of heavy metals in sediments, seawater, and marine organisms of Yuhuan coastal area, China

Shuijun Zhang
Chao Dong
Jianqiang Wang
Min Zheng
Xuanbo Chen
Yubo Zhou
Jiaojiao Yang
Xiaohui Mao

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1708328

1,005 views

Correction

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Correction: Detection of ecological thresholds and selection of indicator taxa for epibenthic communities exposed to multiple pressures

Laurie Isabel
David Beauchesne
Chris McKindsey
Philippe Archambault

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1718286

364 views

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CoDeMap: a classification scheme for benthic habitats from the coast to the deep sea in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Eddy kinetic energy variability of the Kuroshio Extension and its upstream-downstream connectivity

Isolation, identification and characterization of Photobacterium leiognathi 10MKXP20 from sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) cultured in Southeast China

The Blue Carbon Cost Tool – understanding market potential and investment requirements for high-quality coastal wetland projects

Characteristic and source quantification of nitrogen in sediments of a subtropical mangrove estuary

Comprehensive protection and revitalization of Levuka world heritage from the perspective of marine spatial planning

A novel size-based method for assessing the spawning potential ratio of data-poor octopus fisheries

Novel evidence of interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Regenerative responses and structural plasticity of gills in Atlantic salmon

A Network-theoretic approach for evaluating Connectivity and Statistically Persistent Community Structure for Marine Spatial Planning

Tidal Currents and the Dynamics of Sand Dunes in the Khuran Strait – The Persian Gulf

Estimating the Mediterranean sea-level trends from 1993 to 2022 showing the consistency of X-TRACK-L2P coastal altimetry with tide gauge data and trend impacts on Egypt's northern coast

Beyond the plains: deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules on and around seamounts

Optimizing effort for profit and sustainability: a bioeconomic and environmental evaluation of the Namibian hake fishery

Microplastic surface biofilms: a review of structural assembly, influencing factors, and ecotoxicity

Seagrass restoration in the greater Southeast Asia region: techniques, species, survival and comparisons among investigations

Vessel traffic disrupts walrus vocal behavior in a proposed marine protected area

Assessment of microplastic pollution in corals, seawater, and marine sediments in the Gulf of Thailand

Regulatory overload or incentive deficit? Forty years of structural imbalances in China’s marine environmental policy instruments

From marine pollutant characterization to regional practice: implications of ITLOS Advisory Opinion No. 31 for the maritime sectors and Hainan FTP’s governance adaptation

Seasonal air-sea CO2 flux dynamics in Colombia’s Gorgona Marine Area during La Niña 2021–2022

Characterise to manage: first analysis of small-scale fishery profiles on the Amazon coast

Spatial variations and potential risks of heavy metals in sediments, seawater, and marine organisms of Yuhuan coastal area, China

Correction: Detection of ecological thresholds and selection of indicator taxa for epibenthic communities exposed to multiple pressures