Micro-Refuges or Ecological Traps: Context-Dependent Effects of Rock Pools on Intertidal Biodiversity Across Latitudes

Louise B. Firth; Andrea Desiderato; Antony M. Knights; J. David Aguirre; Juan C. Astudillo; Juan C. Azofeifa-Solano; David T. Bilton; Su Yin Chee; Hartvig C. Christie; Ronaldo A. Christofoletti; Amelia Curd; Katherine A. Dafforn; Megan N. Dethier; Yun Wei Dong; Gabin Droual; Stanislas F. Dubois; Free Espinosa; Ally J. Evans; Andy Foggo; Stephen J. Hawkins; Mick E. Hanley; Ben P. Harvey; Eliza Heery; Seokwoo Hong; Amanda R. Hsiung; Tommy T.Y. Hui; Mar Humet; Katrin Iken; Soniya B. Jethva; Jeong Ha Kim; Koetsu Kon; Brenda Konar; Rahul S. Kundu; Jackson W.T. Lau; Kenneth M.Y. Leung; Xiao Xu Li; Yong Xu Sun; Fernando P. Lima; Ella Lis; Kiran Liversage; Lynette H.L. Loke; Aline S. Martinez; Mariana Mayer-Pinto; Vanessa Mendonça; Christopher D. McQuaid; Pippa J. Moore; Rebecca L. Morris; Daudi Msangameno; Rocío Nieto-Vilela; Barbara Ondiviela; Mauricio H. Oróstica; Enrique Ostalé-Valriberas; Maria Gabriela Palomo; Eli Rinde; Rui Seabra; Jeffrey A. Sibaja-Cordero; Ana Silva; Elisabeth M.A. Strain; Peter Todd; Mo S. Turner; Catarina Vinagre; Kringpaka Wangkulangkul; Andrew Want; Juan Sempere-Valverde

doi:10.1111/geb.70208

Micro-Refuges or Ecological Traps: Context-Dependent Effects of Rock Pools on Intertidal Biodiversity Across Latitudes

Louise B. Firth
, Andrea Desiderato
, Antony M. Knights
, J. David Aguirre
, Juan C. Astudillo
, Juan C. Azofeifa-Solano
, David T. Bilton
, Su Yin Chee
, Hartvig C. Christie
, Ronaldo A. Christofoletti
, Amelia Curd
, Katherine A. Dafforn
, Megan N. Dethier
, Yun Wei Dong
, Gabin Droual
, Stanislas F. Dubois
, Free Espinosa
, Ally J. Evans
, Andy Foggo
, Stephen J. Hawkins

Mick E. Hanley, Ben P. Harvey, Eliza Heery, Seokwoo Hong, Amanda R. Hsiung, Tommy T.Y. Hui, Mar Humet, Katrin Iken, Soniya B. Jethva, Jeong Ha Kim, Koetsu Kon, Brenda Konar, Rahul S. Kundu, Jackson W.T. Lau, Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Xiao Xu Li, Yong Xu Sun, Fernando P. Lima, Ella Lis, Kiran Liversage, Lynette H.L. Loke, Aline S. Martinez, Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Vanessa Mendonça, Christopher D. McQuaid, Pippa J. Moore, Rebecca L. Morris, Daudi Msangameno, Rocío Nieto-Vilela, Barbara Ondiviela, Mauricio H. Oróstica, Enrique Ostalé-Valriberas, Maria Gabriela Palomo, Eli Rinde, Rui Seabra, Jeffrey A. Sibaja-Cordero, Ana Silva, Elisabeth M.A. Strain, Peter Todd, Mo S. Turner, Catarina Vinagre, Kringpaka Wangkulangkul, Andrew Want, Juan Sempere-Valverde

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Original language	English
Article number	e70208
Journal	Global Ecology and Biogeography
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70208
State	Published - Feb 2026
Externally published	Yes

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Global and Planetary Change
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology

Keywords

biodiversity
biogeography
climate change
environmental heterogeneity
environmental stress
functional diversity
microhabitat
microrefuge
refuge
thermal buffering

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Firth, L. B., Desiderato, A., Knights, A. M., Aguirre, J. D., Astudillo, J. C., Azofeifa-Solano, J. C., Bilton, D. T., Chee, S. Y., Christie, H. C., Christofoletti, R. A., Curd, A., Dafforn, K. A., Dethier, M. N., Dong, Y. W., Droual, G., Dubois, S. F., Espinosa, F., Evans, A. J., Foggo, A., ... Sempere-Valverde, J. (2026). Micro-Refuges or Ecological Traps: Context-Dependent Effects of Rock Pools on Intertidal Biodiversity Across Latitudes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(2), Article e70208. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70208

Firth, LB, Desiderato, A, Knights, AM, Aguirre, JD, Astudillo, JC, Azofeifa-Solano, JC, Bilton, DT, Chee, SY, Christie, HC, Christofoletti, RA, Curd, A, Dafforn, KA, Dethier, MN, Dong, YW, Droual, G, Dubois, SF, Espinosa, F, Evans, AJ, Foggo, A, Hawkins, SJ, Hanley, ME, Harvey, BP, Heery, E, Hong, S, Hsiung, AR, Hui, TTY, Humet, M, Iken, K, Jethva, SB, Kim, JH, Kon, K, Konar, B, Kundu, RS, Lau, JWT, Leung, KMY, Li, XX, Sun, YX, Lima, FP, Lis, E, Liversage, K, Loke, LHL, Martinez, AS, Mayer-Pinto, M, Mendonça, V, McQuaid, CD, Moore, PJ, Morris, RL, Msangameno, D, Nieto-Vilela, R, Ondiviela, B, Oróstica, MH, Ostalé-Valriberas, E, Palomo, MG, Rinde, E, Seabra, R, Sibaja-Cordero, JA, Silva, A, Strain, EMA, Todd, P, Turner, MS, Vinagre, C, Wangkulangkul, K, Want, A & Sempere-Valverde, J 2026, 'Micro-Refuges or Ecological Traps: Context-Dependent Effects of Rock Pools on Intertidal Biodiversity Across Latitudes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 35, no. 2, e70208. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70208

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