Impacts of ocean warming on kelp forest ecosystems

DA Smale - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests represent some of the most diverse and productive habitats on Earth, and
provide a range of ecosystem goods and services on which human populations depend. As …

Macroalgal biorefinery concepts for the circular bioeconomy: A review on biotechnological developments and future perspectives

ET Kostas, JMM Adams, HA Ruiz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The imminent need for transition to a circular bioeconomy, based on the valorisation of
renewable biomass feedstocks, will ameliorate global challenges induced by climate …

[HTML][HTML] Aquaculture as a circular bio-economy model with Galicia as a study case: How to transform waste into revalorized by-products

M Fraga-Corral, P Ronza, P Garcia-Oliveira… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background World-wide aquaculture represents a very important sector capable of
supplying huge amounts of animal protein. However its relevance has proportionally …

Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment

RM Araújo, J Assis, R Aguillar, L Airoldi… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
A comprehensive expert consultation was conducted in order to assess the status, trends
and the most important drivers of change in the abundance and geographical distribution of …

Distributional shifts of canopy-forming seaweeds from the Atlantic coast of Southern Europe

P Casado-Amezúa, R Araújo, I Bárbara… - Biodiversity and …, 2019 - Springer
Canopy-forming seaweeds sustain critical ecosystem services in coastal habitats. Around
the world, many of these seaweeds are suffering strong declines, mainly attributed to the …

The 'golden kelp' Laminaria ochroleuca under global change: Integrating multiple eco‐physiological responses with species distribution models

JN Franco, F Tuya, I Bertocci, L Rodríguez… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of marine foundation species, in particular kelps at temperate latitudes, has been
linked to climatic drivers and co‐occurring human perturbations. Ocean temperature and …

Projected 21st‐century distribution of canopy‐forming seaweeds in the Northwest Atlantic with climate change

KL Wilson, MA Skinner, HK Lotze - Diversity and Distributions, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change is predicted to alter the distribution and abundance of marine species,
including canopy‐forming seaweeds which provide important ecosystem functions and …

A multi-satellite mapping framework for floating kelp forests

L Gendall, SB Schroeder, P Wills, M Hessing-Lewis… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Kelp forests provide key habitat on the Pacific Coast of Canada; however, the long-term
changes in their distribution and abundance remain poorly understood. With advances in …

Kelp forests collapse reduces understorey seaweed β-diversity

C Piñeiro-Corbeira, S Barrientos, I Provera… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Kelps are the primary foundation species in temperate
subtidal rocky shores worldwide. However, global change is causing their decline with …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of marine heatwaves in the Cantabrian Sea, SW Bay of Biscay

P Izquierdo, JM Rico, FG Taboada… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The trend towards an increased incidence of marine heatwaves (MHWs) due to climate
change poses a serious threat to the health of coastal ecosystems. Here, we characterized …