Cultivation of kelp has been well established throughout Asia, and there is now growing
interest in the cultivation of macroalgae in Europe to meet future resource needs. If this …

The use of cultivated seaweeds as a feedstock for multiple industrial applications has
gained increasing interest in the Western World over the past decades. Norway has an …

We reviewed over 407 global seaweed introduction events and have increased the total
number of introduced seaweed species to 277. Using binomial tests we show that several …

The ecological resilience of coral reefs depends critically on the capacity of coral
populations to re-establish in habitats dominated by macroalgae. Coral reefs globally are …

Sargassum spp. are brown algae present in the tropical and subtropical waters of the world's
oceans. Benthic or pelagic, Sargassum spp. represent substantial amounts of biomass when …

Rising sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) over the last three decades in the south-eastern
part of the Bay of Biscay could be affecting phytobenthic assemblage distributions. This …

We analyzed 69 publications on the impacts of introduced seaweeds. The predominant
impacts were changed competitive relationships in the recipient habitat, indicated by high …

Rugulopteryx okamurae is a species of brown macroalgae belonging to the Dictyotaceae
family and native to the north-western Pacific. As an Invasive Alien Species (IAS), it was first …

Biological invasions are considered one of the most important drivers of biodiversity loss.
Here we use a before-after-control-impact (BACI) design to investigate the impact of …

In this paper, we address several issues related to seaweed domestication from an
evolutionary and ecological perspective. We briefly cover the history of human interactions …