The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 While marine kelp forests have provided valuable ecosystem services for millennia, the global ecological and economic value of those services is largely unresolved.
Aaron M. Eger +18 more
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Patterns and drivers of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the kelp forests of southern Patagonia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The kelp forests of southern Patagonia have a large diversity of habitats, with remote islands, archipelagos, peninsulas, gulfs, channels, and fjords, which are comprised of a mixture of species with temperate and sub-Antarctic distributions, creating a ...
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Global floating kelp forests have limited protection despite intensifying marine heatwave threats [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsKelp forests are one of the earth’s most productive ecosystems and are at great risk from climate change, yet little is known regarding their current conservation status and global future threats.
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‘Hanging gardens’—comparing fauna communities in kelp farms and wild kelp forests
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 A growing need for food is causing increased interest for seaweed farming globally. This requires the knowledge of the industry’s effects on the marine environment.
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Assessing the role of natural kelp forests in modifying seawater chemistry [PDF]
Scientific ReportsClimate change is causing widespread impacts on seawater pH through ocean acidification (OA). Kelp forests, in some locations can buffer the effects of OA through photosynthesis.
Elisabeth M. A. Strain +4 more
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A Multi-Satellite Mapping Framework for Floating Kelp Forests
Remote Sensing, 2023 Kelp forests provide key habitat on the Pacific Coast of Canada; however, the long-term changes in their distribution and abundance remain poorly understood.
Sarah Schroeder, Lianna Gendall
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Toward a conceptual framework for managing and conserving marine habitats: A case study of kelp forests in the Salish Sea [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Kelp forests are in decline across much of their range due to place‐specific combinations of local and global stressors. Declines in kelp abundance can lead to cascading losses of biodiversity and productivity with far‐reaching ecological and ...
Jordan A. Hollarsmith +9 more
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A blueprint for national assessments of the blue carbon capacity of kelp forests applied to Canada’s coastline [PDF]
npj Ocean SustainabilityKelp forests offer substantial carbon fixation, with the potential to contribute to natural climate solutions (NCS). However, to be included in national NCS inventories, governments must first quantify the kelp-derived carbon stocks and fluxes leading to
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Potential blue carbon in the fringe of Southern European Kelp forests [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBlue Carbon encompasses the organic carbon sequestered and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems, including seaweed forests. This study aims to quantify the potential Blue Carbon storage and sequestration rates of subtidal kelp forests in Northern ...
João N. Franco +9 more
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A review of subtidal kelp forests in Ireland: From first descriptions to new habitat monitoring techniques [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Aim Kelp forests worldwide are important marine ecosystems that foster high primary to secondary productivity and multiple ecosystem services. These ecosystems are increasingly under threat from extreme storms, changing ocean temperatures, harvesting ...
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