Exploring the effects of fishing pressure and upwelling intensity over subtidal kelp forest communities in Central Chile
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1808
Abstract: Understanding the processes that drive kelp forest communities is critical for management and conservation of these productive ecosystems. As a way to advance in this direction, we explored the effects of fishing pressure and upwelling… read more here.
Keywords: kelp forest; forest communities; pressure upwelling; fishing pressure ... See more keywords
Large scale, multi-decade monitoring data from kelp forest ecosystems in California and Oregon (USA).
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3630
Abstract: Kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth. In combination with their close proximity to shore, the productivity and biodiversity of these ecosystems generate a wide range of ecosystem services including supporting (e.g.,… read more here.
Keywords: oregon usa; large scale; kelp forest; monitoring ... See more keywords
Detrital supply suppresses deforestation to maintain healthy kelp forest ecosystems.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3673
Abstract: Herbivores can reach extraordinary abundances in many ecosystems. When herbivore abundance is high, heavy grazing can severely defoliate primary producers and, in some cases, even drive ecosystem to undergo regime shifts from a high productivity… read more here.
Keywords: regime shifts; kelp forest; production; forest ecosystems ... See more keywords
Experimental assessment of the impacts of ocean acidification and urchin grazing on benthic kelp forest assemblages
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151548
Abstract: Abstract Ocean acidification (OA) is likely to differentially affect the biology and physiology of calcifying and non-calcifying taxa, thereby potentially altering key ecological interactions (e.g., facilitation, competition, predation) in ways that are difficult to predict… read more here.
Keywords: community; cover; biology; ocean acidification ... See more keywords
Green gravel: a novel restoration tool to combat kelp forest decline
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60553-x
Abstract: Kelp forests are in decline globally and large-scale intervention could be required to halt the loss of these valuable ecosystems. To date kelp forest restoration has had limited success and been expensive and unable to… read more here.
Keywords: kelp forest; green gravel; forest decline; restoration ... See more keywords
Kelp-forest dynamics controlled by substrate complexity
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2103483119
Abstract: Significance Kelp forests are declining worldwide due to varied combinations of environmental change and the trophic downgrading of urchin-controlling predators. These processes have increased the frequency and extent of rapid, nonlinear shifts to so-called urchin… read more here.
Keywords: substrate complexity; forest dynamics; kelp forest; kelp ... See more keywords
Sunflower sea star predation on urchins can facilitate kelp forest recovery
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1897
Abstract: The recent collapse of predatory sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) owing to sea star wasting disease (SSWD) is hypothesized to have contributed to proliferation of sea urchin barrens and losses of kelp forests on the… read more here.
Keywords: sunflower sea; pycnopodia; kelp forest; sea ... See more keywords
Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes.
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15273
Abstract: The changing global climate is having profound effects on coastal marine ecosystems around the world. Structure, functioning, and resilience, however, can vary geographically, depending on species composition, local oceanographic forcing, and other pressures from human… read more here.
Keywords: kelp forest; california current; marine ecosystems; long term ... See more keywords
Coupled changes in pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen impact the physiology and ecology of herbivorous kelp forest grazers
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16125
Abstract: Understanding species’ responses to upwelling may be especially important in light of ongoing environmental change. Upwelling frequency and intensity are expected to increase in the future, while ocean acidification and deoxygenation are expected to decrease… read more here.
Keywords: ecology; dissolved oxygen; physiology; kelp forest ... See more keywords
Historical ecology and the conservation of large, hermaphroditic fishes in Pacific Coast kelp forest ecosystems
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601759
Abstract: Zooarchaeological data are essential for rethinking conservation policies of hermaphroditic fish and building sustainable fisheries. The intensive commercial exploitation of California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) has become a complex, multimillion-dollar industry. The fishery is of concern… read more here.
Keywords: kelp forest; ecology conservation; historical ecology; forest ecosystems ... See more keywords
Extreme Marine Heatwaves Alter Kelp Forest Community Near Its Equatorward Distribution Limit
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00499
Abstract: Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves. A recent extreme warming event (2014-2016) of unprecedented magnitude and duration in the California Current System allowed us to evaluate the response of the… read more here.
Keywords: kelp forest; community; distribution limit; community near ... See more keywords