Volume 27, Issue 11, Pages R434-R438 (June 2017) Turf and surf  Florian Maderspacher  Current Biology  Volume 27, Issue 11, Pages R434-R438 (June 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.047 Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Surf and turf: Land and sea interact in complex, intricate ways Surf and turf: Land and sea interact in complex, intricate ways. Here, coral thriving in a protected bay near a coastal forest in New Caledonia. Elsewhere, corals are under threat from land-based stressors, such as pollution, nutrients or sediments. (Photo: Peter Mumby.) Current Biology 2017 27, R434-R438DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.047) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Ocean dusting: A dust plume stretches from the Sahara out into the Atlantic. Desert dust is the most important source of iron in this part of the ocean. (Photo: NASA.) Current Biology 2017 27, R434-R438DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.047) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Diatoms: These microscopic algae are among the most important primary producers and carbon sequesterers in the ocean. (Slide: J.D. Möller, 1892; Photo: Matthias Burba, http://www.mikrohamburg.de/HomeBurba.html) Current Biology 2017 27, R434-R438DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.047) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Dead in the woods: after migrating into rivers from the ocean and spawning, Pacific salmon provide important nutrition for forest ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. (Photo: Lana Brandt.) Current Biology 2017 27, R434-R438DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.047) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions