Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential

B Duarte, I Martins, R Rosa, AR Matos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows–some of the
most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems …

Projected climate changes threaten ancient refugia of kelp forests in the North Atlantic

J Assis, MB Araújo, EA Serrão - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific genetic variability is critical for species adaptation and evolution and yet it is
generally overlooked in projections of the biological consequences of climate change. We …

A review of reproduction in the seaweed genus Fucus (Ochrophyta, Fucales): Background for renewed consideration as a model organism

WJ Hatchett, JA Coyer, K Sjøtun… - Frontiers in marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The genus Fucus dominates the intertidal and shallow subtidal rocky reefs of the North
Atlantic and also is commonly found in the intertidal of the North Pacific. It likely diversified …

Past climate-driven range shifts structuring intraspecific biodiversity levels of the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) at global scales

J Assis, F Alberto, EC Macaya, N Castilho Coelho… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The paradigm of past climate-driven range shifts structuring the distribution of marine
intraspecific biodiversity lacks replication in biological models exposed to comparable …

Deep reefs are climatic refugia for genetic diversity of marine forests

J Assis, NC Coelho, T Lamy, M Valero… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Past climate‐driven range shifts shaped intraspecific diversities of species world‐wide.
Earlier studies, focused on glacial refugia, might have overlooked genetic erosion at lower …

Habitat continuity and stepping‐stone oceanographic distances explain population genetic connectivity of the brown alga Cystoseira amentacea

R Buonomo, J Assis, F Fernandes… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Effective predictive and management approaches for species occurring in a metapopulation
structure require good understanding of interpopulation connectivity. In this study, we ask …

Future climate change is predicted to shift long-term persistence zones in the cold-temperate kelp Laminaria hyperborea

J Assis, AV Lucas, I Bárbara, EÁ Serrão - Marine Environmental Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Global climate change is shifting species distributions worldwide. At rear edges (warmer,
low latitude range margins), the consequences of small variations in environmental …

Glacial vicariance drives phylogeographic diversification in the amphi-boreal kelp Saccharina latissima

J Neiva, C Paulino, MM Nielsen, D Krause-Jensen… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Glacial vicariance is regarded as one of the most prevalent drivers of phylogeographic
structure and speciation among high-latitude organisms, but direct links between ice …

High and distinct range-edge genetic diversity despite local bottlenecks

J Assis, N Castilho Coelho, F Alberto, M Valero… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The genetic consequences of living on the edge of distributional ranges have been the
subject of a largely unresolved debate. Populations occurring along persistent low latitude …

Climate‐driven range shifts explain the distribution of extant gene pools and predict future loss of unique lineages in a marine brown alga

J Assis, EA Serrao, B Claro, C Perrin… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The climate‐driven dynamics of species ranges is a critical research question in
evolutionary ecology. We ask whether present intraspecific diversity is determined by the …