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Kelp carbon sink potential decreases with warming due to accelerating decomposi...
Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Feehan, Colette J.; Smale, Dan A.; Krumhansi, Kira A.; Augustine, Skye; De Bettignies, Florian; Burrows, Michael T.Cycling of organic carbon in the ocean has the potential to mitigate or exacerbate global climate change, but major questions remain about the environmental controls on organic carbon flux in the coastal zone. Here, we used a field experiment distributed across 28° of latitude, and the entire range of 2 dominant kelp species in the northern hemisphere, to measure decomposition rates of kelp detritus on the seaf...
Global seaweed productivity
Pessarrodona, Albert; Assis, Jorge; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Burrows, Michael T.; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Duarte, Carlos M.; Krause-Jensen, DorteThe magnitude and distribution of net primary production (NPP) in the coastal ocean remains poorly constrained, particularly for shallow marine vegetation. Here, using a compilation of in situ annual NPP measurements across >400 sites in 72 geographic ecoregions, we provide global predictions of the productivity of seaweed habitats, which form the largest vegetated coastal biome on the planet. We find that seaw...
Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration
Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Wernberg, Thomas; Barreiro, Rodolfo; Coleman, Melinda A.; Bettignies, Thibaut de; Feehan, Colette J.; Franco, Joao N.The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration is a response to the urgent need to substantially accelerate and upscale ecological restoration to secure Earth’s sustainable future. Globally, restoration commitments have focused overwhelmingly on terrestrial forests. In contrast, despite a strong value proposition, efforts to restore seaweed forests lag far behind other major ecosystems and continue to be dominated by s...
Niche and neutral assembly mechanisms contribute to latitudinal diversity gradi...
Bosch, Nestor E.; Wernberg, Thomas; Langlois, Tim J.; Smale, Dan A.; Moore, Pippa J.; Franco, João N.; Thiriet, Pierre; Feunteun, Eric; Ribeiro, CláudiaAim: The influence of niche and neutral mechanisms on the assembly of ecological communities have long been debated. However, we still have a limited knowledge on their relative importance to explain patterns of diversity across latitudinal gradients (LDG). Here, we investigate the extent to which these ecological mechanisms contribute to the LDG of reef fishes. Location: Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Taxon: Reef-ass...
Corrigendum: Imprint of climate change on Pan-Arctic marine vegetation
Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Archambault, Philippe; Assis, Jorge; Bartsch, Inka; Bischof, Kai; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Dunton, Kenneth H.; Maximova, OlgaIn the original article, there were mistakes in Tables 2–4 and associated legends and text as published. The original article contained errors in the reported modeled macroalgal distribution area in the pan-Arctic and its subregions because the polygons used to calculate the areas were not correctly defined. A correction has been made to Tables 2–4 and their associated legends: The Table legends missed the word...