A scaffolded and annotated reference genome of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2023 Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp), is a brown macroalga of great ecological importance as a primary producer and structure-forming foundational species that provides habitat for hundreds of species. It has many commercial uses (e.g.
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Wave damping by giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2023 Abstract Background and Aims The increased likelihood and severity of storm events has brought into focus the role of coastal ecosystems in provision of shoreline protection by attenuating wave energy.
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Automated satellite remote sensing of giant kelp at the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Giant kelp populations that support productive and diverse coastal ecosystems at temperate and subpolar latitudes of both hemispheres are vulnerable to changing climate conditions as well as direct human impacts.
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The mutation atlas of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera): a mutation database resource for natural knockouts [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceGiant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is a paramount species of immense ecological and economic importance. It forms dense underwater forests, providing crucial habitat and serving as a foundation species for diverse marine ecosystems.
Sergey Nuzhdin, Gary Molano
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Two Australian genome assemblies expand the genomic blueprint of giant kelp [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera (order Laminariales), occurs across the temperate coasts of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and is at high risk from ocean warming. Few giant kelp forests remain across the Southeast Australian shelf, and
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Artificial intelligence convolutional neural networks map giant kelp forests from satellite imagery [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Climate change is producing shifts in the distribution and abundance of marine species. Such is the case of kelp forests, important marine ecosystem-structuring species whose distributional range limits have been shifting worldwide.
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A historical review of giant kelp harvesting in Tasmania. [PDF]
J PhycolAbstractKelps have a long history of human use and exploitation. Knowledge of past harvesting practices offers insights into environmental baselines and the contemporary management and conservation of these critically important ecosystems. In Tasmania, Australia, giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) was commercially harvested for alginate production from ...
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An Automated Method for Mapping Giant Kelp Canopy Dynamics from UAV [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Satellite and aerial imagery have been used extensively for mapping the abundance and distribution of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in southern California. There is now great potential for using unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) to map kelp canopy at
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Past climate-driven range shifts structuring intraspecific biodiversity levels of the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) at global scales [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The paradigm of past climate-driven range shifts structuring the distribution of marine intraspecific biodiversity lacks replication in biological models exposed to comparable limiting conditions in independent regions.
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Urea as a source of nitrogen to giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) [PDF]
Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2018 Nitrate concentrations routinely fall below levels required to sustain growth of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) during summer and autumn in the Santa Barbara Channel, yet growth continues.
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