Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions

AM Eger, EM Marzinelli, H Christie… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forest ecosystems and their associated ecosystem services are declining around the
world. In response, marine managers are working to restore and counteract these declines …

[HTML][HTML] Seagrass restoration is possible: insights and lessons from Australia and New Zealand

YM Tan, O Dalby, GA Kendrick, J Statton… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses are important marine ecosystems situated throughout the world's coastlines.
They are facing declines around the world due to global and local threats such as rising …

Global distribution of marine microplastics and potential for biodegradation

B Chen, Z Zhang, T Wang, H Hu, G Qin, T Lu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are a growing marine environmental concern globally due to their high
abundance and persistent degradation. We created a global map for predicting marine …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations

M McCauley, TL Goulet, CR Jackson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microorganisms play essential roles in the health and resilience of cnidarians.
Understanding the factors influencing cnidarian microbiomes requires cross study …

Priorities for ocean microbiome research

Tara Ocean Foundation Abreu Andre 1 Bourgois … - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbial communities have essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health.
Microbes participate in nutrient cycles, remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the air …

[HTML][HTML] Offshore decommissioning horizon scan: Research priorities to support decision-making activities for oil and gas infrastructure

SM Watson, DL McLean, BJ Balcom… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thousands of oil and gas structures have been installed in the world's oceans over the past
70 years to meet the population's reliance on hydrocarbons. Over the last decade, there has …

Introducing the mangrove microbiome initiative: identifying microbial research priorities and approaches to better understand, protect, and rehabilitate mangrove …

SM Allard, MT Costa, AN Bulseco, V Helfer… - …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mangrove ecosystems provide important ecological benefits and ecosystem services,
including carbon storage and coastline stabilization, but they also suffer great anthropogenic …

Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed

G Wood, PD Steinberg, AH Campbell… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between hosts and their microbiota are vital to the functioning and resilience of
macro‐organisms. Critically, for hosts that play foundational roles in communities …

[HTML][HTML] The core mangrove microbiome reveals shared taxa potentially involved in nutrient cycling and promoting host survival

BJ Wainwright, T Millar, L Bowen, L Semon… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Microbes have fundamental roles underpinning the functioning of our planet,
they are involved in global carbon and nutrient cycling, and support the existence of …

[HTML][HTML] Lower Vibrio spp. abundances in Zostera marina leaf canopies suggest a novel ecosystem function for temperate seagrass beds

TBH Reusch, PR Schubert, SM Marten, D Gill, R Karez… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Seagrasses, a polyphyletic group of about 60 marine angiosperm species, are the
foundation of diverse and functionally important marine habitats along sheltered …