Ordovician origin and subsequent diversification of the brown algae

SW Choi, L Graf, JW Choi, J Jo, GH Boo, H Kawai… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Brown algae are the only group of heterokont protists exhibiting complex multicellularity.
Since their origin, brown algae have adapted to various marine habitats, evolving diverse …

Insights into the molecular bases of multicellular development from brown algae

RA Batista, L Wang, KA Bogaert, SM Coelho - Development, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
The transition from simple to complex multicellularity represents a major evolutionary step
that occurred in only a few eukaryotic lineages. Comparative analyses of these lineages …

Non-indigenous seaweeds in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesia: a critical synthesis of diversity, spatial and temporal patterns

LM van der Loos, Q Bafort, S Bosch… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Effective monitoring of non-indigenous seaweeds and combatting their effects relies on a
solid confirmation of the non-indigenous status of the respective species. We critically …

 The use of species traits in invasive seaweed research: a systematic review

AL Mabey, M Rius, DA Smale, JA Catford - NeoBiota, 2023 - plymsea.ac.uk
Species traits have been used extensively in invasion science, providing common metrics
across taxa and ecosystems that enable comparisons based on the functional responses …

Variability in growth and tissue composition (CNP, natural isotopes) of the three morphotypes of holopelagic Sargassum

T Changeux, L Berline, W Podlejski, T Guillot… - Aquatic Botany, 2023 - Elsevier
Holopelagic Sargassum blooms in the tropical North Atlantic since 2011 are composed of
two species, Sargassum natans and S. fluitans, and three morphotypes: S. natans VIII, S …

The untapped potential of categorical traits in seaweed functional diversity research

JN Griffin, ARL Mauffrey, MES Bracken - Journal of Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Traits are a powerful lens through which to view evolution and ecology. They allow us to
examine organisms' ecological strategies, their response to the environment, and …

A roadmap to define and select aquatic biological traits at different scales of analysis

T Morim, S Henriques, R Vasconcelos, M Dolbeth - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Trait-based approaches are a powerful tool, as they not only improve understanding of
ecological complexity and functioning but also allow comparison across different …

Distribution of functionally distinct native and non‐indigenous species within marine urban habitats

J Leclerc, NN Figueroa, F Viard… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Trait‐based approaches are powerful to examine the processes associated with
biological invasions. Functional comparison among native and non‐indigenous species …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variation in key functional traits of Mediterranean fucoid algae: Insights from Cystoseira sensu lato intertidal canopies

L Cannarozzi, S Bevilacqua, M Renzi, S Anselmi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cystoseira sensu lato are fucoid algae that form dense stands on intertidal and subtidal
rocky reefs sustaining species-rich associated assemblages. The increasing human …

Diversity and structure of epibenthic communities across subtidal artificial hard habitats in the Bay of Cherbourg (English Channel)

B Taormina, JC Leclerc, AM Rusig, M Navon, M Deloor… - Biofouling, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To inform the performance of ecological engineering designs for artificial structures at sea, it
is essential to characterise their impacts on the epibenthic communities colonising them. In …