Effect of temperature on sporulation and spore development of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Rising ocean temperature is a major driver of kelp forest decline worldwide and one that threatens to intensify over the coming decades. What is not particularly well understood are the mechanisms that drive loss and how they operate at differing life ...
Duong M Le +3 more
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The Ecology of Microbial Communities Associated with Macrocystis pyrifera. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Kelp forests are characterized by high biodiversity and productivity, and the cycling of kelp-produced carbon is a vital process in this ecosystem.
Vanessa K Michelou +3 more
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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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Insight into the genome data of commercially important giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2022 Kelps or brown algae are a wide group of marine macroalgae that play an important role in aquatic ecosystems and generally have high commercial value.
Sujay Paul +8 more
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A scaffolded and annotated reference genome of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2023 AbstractMacrocystis 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. source of alginate, fertilizer, cosmetics, feedstock). One of the limitations to exploiting giant kelp’s economic
Diesel J +12 more
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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.
Jorge Assis +12 more
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Heat stress analysis suggests a genetic basis for tolerance in Macrocystis pyrifera across developmental stages [PDF]
Communications BiologyKelps are vital for marine ecosystems, yet the genetic diversity underlying their capacity to adapt to climate change remains unknown. In this study, we focused on the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera a species critical to coastal habitats.
Maddelyn Harden +9 more
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Diverse Bacteria Utilize Alginate Within the Microbiome of the Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Bacteria are integral to marine carbon cycling. They transfer organic carbon to higher trophic levels and remineralise it into inorganic forms. Kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems within the global oceans, yet the diversity and ...
Jordan D. Lin +5 more
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Applied Phycology, 2022 Although much is known regarding the physiology, ecology and life history of Macrocystis pyrifera, there is little accessible information for establishing robust and reliable culturing practices to support aquaculture and habitat restoration.
Chris Hepburn +2 more
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Negative Consequences on the Growth, Morphometry, and Community Structure of the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta) by a Short Pollution Pulse of Heavy Metals and PAHs [PDF]
Toxics, 2021 The study of pollution effects in the marine environment has become important in recent decades, and the exposure to simultaneous pollutants has become especially relevant.
Roddy Jara-Yáñez +9 more
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