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Extinction risk of the endemic soft coral Phyllogorgia dilatata (Esper, 1806) i...
Anderson, A. B.; Gouvêa, Lidiane; Assis, Jorge; Serrao, Ester A.; Pinheiro, H. T.; Vilar, C.; Francini-Filho, R. B.; Horta, P. A.; Bernardino, A. F.The Brazilian endemic octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata (elephant ear sea fan) plays a crucial ecological role in the marine ecosystems of the Brazilian coast. Our work investigates the local extinction of P. dilatata on Trindade Island, a remote oceanic island in the Southwestern Atlantic, and assesses the potential impacts of climate change on its distribution. Field surveys conducted over two years (2016-2019)...
Global warming assessment suggests the endemic Brazilian kelp beds to be an end...
Anderson, A. B.; Assis, Jorge; Batista, M. B.; Serrao, Ester; Guabiroba, H. C.; Delfino, S. D. T.; Pinheiro, H. T.; Pimentel, C. R.; Gomes, L. E. O.Kelps are canopy-forming brown seaweed sustaining critical ecosystem services in coastal habitats, including shelter, nursery grounds, and providing food resources to a myriad of associated species. This study modeled the fundamental niche of Laminaria abyssalis along the Brazilian continental margin, an endemic species of the South Atlantic, to anticipate potential distributional range shifts under two contras...