Seagrass communities provide critical ecosystem and provisioning services for both human
populations and a wide range of associated species globally. However, it has been reported …

Macroalgae have been utilized as biological indicators of ecosystem health in many
monitoring programs worldwide. These programs have utilized various methods to quantify …

Seaweed assemblages include a variety of structuring species providing habitats, food and
shelter for organisms from different trophic levels. Monitoring intertidal seaweed traditionally …

Macroalgae have attracted the interest of remote sensing as targets to study coastal marine
ecosystems because of their key ecological role. The goal of this paper is to analyze a new …

Conservation planning and management typically require accurate and spatially explicit
data at scales that are relevant for conservation objectives. In marine conservation, these …

The potential of Indonesian bays as alginate producers was assessed by determining the
stock of wild brown algae and exploring their biomass as alginophytes at the scale of entire …

Sargassum beaching events have been reported in recent years around the Caribbean Sea
and FL, USA, causing numerous environmental and economic problems. Satellite remote …

Submerged marine forests of macroalgae known as kelp are one of the key structures for
coastal ecosystems worldwide. These communities are responding to climate driven habitat …

Kelp are important drivers of productivity and biodiversity patterns in cold-water and nutrient-
rich rocky reefs. Scuba-and boat-based methods are routinely used to study submerged kelp …

Sargassum C. Agardh is one of the most diverse genera of marine macroalgae, and
commonly inhabits shallow tropical and sub-tropical waters. This study aimed at …