Consumer‐mediated nutrient dynamics (CND), through which animals' metabolic waste products fertilize primary producers, drive variability in nutrient availability in tropical waters. This variability influences primary productivity and community functioning. Yet, examinations of CND as a driver of nutrient variability in temperate marine ecosystems are limited. Therefore, we assessed the existence and drivers of variation in C...

The biogenic structure of foundation species provides critical habitat for coastal marine taxa. In temperate ecosystems, forests of large, canopy‐forming macroalgae ( Macrocystis pyrifera , Nereocystis luetkeana ) support rich communities of fishes and macroinvertebrates. However, it is unclear how the biological assemblages of kelp forests vary with respect to the dominant canopy‐forming species, structural attributes of the...

Flaviviruses cause some of the most detrimental vertebrate diseases, yet little is known of their impacts on invertebrates. Microbial activities at the animal-water interface are hypothesized to influence viral replication and possibly contribute to pathology of echinoderm wasting diseases due to hypoxic stress. We assessed the impacts of enhanced microbial production and suboxic stress on Apostichopus californicus associated...