Micro-refuges or ecological traps: Evaluating the role of rock pools in sustaining intertidal biodiversity across latitudes

Louise Firth; Andrea Desiderato; Antony Knights; J. David Aguirre; Juan Azofeifa-Solano; David T. Bilton; S. Y. Chee; Christie Hartvig; Ronaldo Christofoletti; Amelia Curd; Katherine A. Dafforn; Megan Dethier; Yun-Wei Dong; Gabin Droual; Stanislas F. Dubois; Free Espinosa; Ally Evans; Andy Foggo; S.J. Hawkins; Mick E. Hanley; Ben Harvey; Eliza C. Heery; Seokwoo Hong; Amanda Hsiung; Tommy Hui; Katrin Iken; Soniya Jethva; Jeong Ha Kim; Koetsu Kon; Brenda Konar; Rahul Kundu; Jackson 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 Morris; Daudi Msangameno; Barbara Ondiviela Eizaguirre; Mauricio Orostica; Enrique Ostale-Valriberas; Maria Palomo; Eli Rinde; Rui Seabra; Jeffrey Sibaja-Cordero; Ana Silva; Elisabeth M.A. Strain; Peter A. Todd; Mo Turner; Catarina Vinagre; Kringpaka Wangkulangkul; Andrew Want; Juan Sempere-Valverde

Micro-refuges or ecological traps: Evaluating the role of rock pools in sustaining intertidal biodiversity across latitudes

Louise Firth
, Andrea Desiderato
, Antony Knights
, J. David Aguirre
, Juan Azofeifa-Solano
, David T. Bilton
, S. Y. Chee
, Christie Hartvig
, Ronaldo Christofoletti
, Amelia Curd
, Katherine A. Dafforn
, Megan Dethier
, Yun-Wei Dong
, Gabin Droual
, Stanislas F. Dubois
, Free Espinosa
, Ally Evans
, Andy Foggo
, S.J. Hawkins
, Mick E. Hanley

Ben Harvey, Eliza C. Heery, Seokwoo Hong, Amanda Hsiung, Tommy Hui, Katrin Iken, Soniya Jethva, Jeong Ha Kim, Koetsu Kon, Brenda Konar, Rahul Kundu, Jackson 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 Morris, Daudi Msangameno, Barbara Ondiviela Eizaguirre, Mauricio Orostica, Enrique Ostale-Valriberas, Maria Palomo, Eli Rinde, Rui Seabra, Jeffrey Sibaja-Cordero, Ana Silva, Elisabeth M.A. Strain, Peter A. Todd, Mo Turner, Catarina Vinagre, Kringpaka Wangkulangkul, Andrew Want, Juan Sempere-Valverde

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Massey University
Universidad de Costa Rica & Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnológicas (CENIBiot)
University of Johannesburg
University of Plymouth
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
Rhodes University
Macquarie University
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
University of New South Wales
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Washington - Friday Harbor Laboratories
Ocean University of China
IFREMER)
Swansea University
National University of Singapore
University of Seville
University of Washington
Sungkyunkwan University
University of Melbourne
The University of Hong Kong
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Saurashtra University
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
City University of Hong Kong
Hainan University
Anhui University
University of Porto
BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics
The University of Auckland
University of Tartu
The University of Sydney
University of Glasgow
University of Algarve
Aberystwyth University
Edith Cowan University
Marine Biological Association
Bangor University
University of Dar Es Salaam
Universidad de Cantabria
Universidad de Sevilla
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia
Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST)
University of Tasmania
University of Bologna
University of Hull
Heriot-Watt University
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Newcastle University

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Original language	English (Ireland)
Journal	Global Ecology and Biogeography
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 3 Feb 2026

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Firth, L., Desiderato, A., Knights, A., Aguirre, J. D., Azofeifa-Solano, J., Bilton, D. T., Chee, S. Y., Hartvig, C., Christofoletti, R., Curd, A., Dafforn, K. A., Dethier, M., Dong, Y.-W., Droual, G., Dubois, S. F., Espinosa, F., Evans, A., Foggo, A., Hawkins, S. J., ... Sempere-Valverde, J. (Accepted/In press). Micro-refuges or ecological traps: Evaluating the role of rock pools in sustaining intertidal biodiversity across latitudes. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

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