Victim of changes? Marine macroalgae in a changing world

ME Hanley, LB Firth, A Foggo - Annals of Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Marine macroalgae ('seaweeds') are a diverse and globally distributed
group of photosynthetic organisms that together generate considerable primary productivity …

[HTML][HTML] Twenty-five years on: Widespread kelp forest decline revealed in a potential climatic refugium

S Barrientos, C Piñeiro-Corbeira, R Barreiro - Journal of Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Kelp forests are key temperate ecosystems that experience the combined effects of global
and local stressors throughout their distribution range. Niche modelling projections identified …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple introduction events expand the range of the invasive brown alga Rugulopteryx okamurae to northern Spain

P Díaz-Tapia, N Alvite, R Bañón, R Barreiro… - Aquatic Botany, 2025 - Elsevier
The brown alga Rugulopteryx okamurae is one of the most recent and aggressive marine
invaders known, with a non-native range that spans from the western Mediterranean to the …

[HTML][HTML] Recruitment as a possible indicator of declining resilience in degraded kelp forests

S Barrientos, C Piñeiro-Corbeira, P Díaz-Tapia… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Kelp forests are critical marine ecosystems that provide habitat and ecological services, as
well as economic benefits. However, kelp forests worldwide are facing multiple pressures …

Changes in maerl-associated macroalgal community dynamics as evidence of anthropogenic pressure

M Helias, J Grall, VL Jardim, C Toumi… - Annals of Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Maerl-associated communities have received considerable
attention due to their uniqueness, biodiversity and functional importance. Although the …