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 …

[PDF][PDF] Kelp gametophytes in changing oceans

RJ Veenhof, C Champion… - … and marine biology, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Kelp forests are ecologically diverse habitats that provide vast ecosystem goods and
services, but are threatened by climate and anthropogenic stressors. Laminarian kelps have …

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

F Manca, L Benedetti-Cecchi, CJA Bradshaw… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although many studies predict extensive future biodiversity loss and redistribution in the
terrestrial realm, future changes in marine biodiversity remain relatively unexplored. In this …

Quantifying coastal freshwater extremes during unprecedented rainfall using long timeseries multi-platform salinity observations

N Malan, M Roughan, M Hemming… - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
During 2022, extreme rainfall occurred across southeast Australia, making it the wettest year
on record. The oceanic impact of extreme rainfall events in normally 'dry'regions is not well …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of estuarine outflows on coastal marine ecosystems in New South Wales, Australia

JA Rasmussen, T Ingleton, WW Bennett… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, recent legislative action has focused on
identifying key threats to the marine estate. We used a systematic literature review to …

New South Wales rocky reefs are under threat

MJ Kingsford, M Byrne - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Rocky reefs of New South Wales (NSW) are characterised by a mosaic of habitats, including
kelp forest and urchin-grazed barrens. These habitats support a diversity of dependent …

Marine protected areas can be useful but are not a silver bullet for kelp conservation

K Filbee‐Dexter, S Starko, A Pessarrodona… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, but they are increasingly
being degraded and lost due to a range of human‐related stressors, leading to recent calls …

Novel high‐throughput oxygen saturation measurements for quantifying the physiological performance of macroalgal early life stages

RJ Veenhof, MA Coleman, C Champion… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how macroalgal forests will respond to environmental change is critical for
predicting future impacts on coastal ecosystems. Although measures of adult macroalgae …

Estuarine salinity extremes: Using the coastal salinity index to quantify the role of droughts, floods, hurricanes, and freshwater flow alteration

LC Feher, MJ Osland, CM Swarzenski - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the face of accelerating climate change, advancing understanding of how extreme climatic
events influence estuarine salinities can help to inform resource management. Extreme …

Coastal ecological disasters triggered by an extreme rainfall event thousands of kilometers inland

W Li, Z Wang, Q Cui, X Sun, H Huang - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
The world is experiencing an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather
events, yet the influences of remote inland extreme weather events on the coastal …