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Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests
Duarte, Carlos M.; Gattuso, Jean‐Pierre; Hancke, Kasper; Gundersen, Hege; Filbee‐Dexter, Karen; Pedersen, Morten F.; Middelburg, Jack J.Aim Macroalgal habitats are believed to be the most extensive and productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems. In stark contrast to the growing attention on their contribution to carbon export and sequestration, understanding of their global extent and production is limited and these have remained poorly assessed for decades. Here we report a first data-driven assessment of the global extent and production o...
What is the impact of kelp forest density and/or area on fisheries?
Araujo, Rita M.; Bartsch, Inka; Bekkby, Trine; Erzini, Karim; Sousa-Pinto, I.Background Kelp forests are highly productive ecosystem engineers of rocky cold-water marine coastlines, providing shelter, habitat and food for a variety of associated organisms. Several factors have been related with an observed trend of kelp deforestation in some regions of the globe. The effect of this trend on fisheries has been poorly studied. The European directives addressing the conservation of marine ...