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Marine animal forests: bridging science, policy, and local knowledge
Rossi, Sergio; Bramanti, Lorenzo; Costantini, Federica; Dailianis, Thanos; Schubert, Nadine; Gerovasileiou, VasilisMarine Animal Forests (MAFs) are complex, three-dimensional structures formed by benthic animals (e.g., corals, gorgonians, sponges, bivalves, bryozoans) that act as autogenic ecosystem engineers. These organisms create new ecological niches and colonization surfaces, thereby enhancing ecosystem functions and services (Orejas et al., 2022). When the populations of these tree-shaped animals are dense enough, the...
Marine forests forever—A necessary multilateral program for a fair future
Horta, Paulo; Sissini, Marina N.; Fonseca, Alessandra; Turra, Alexander; Rodrigues, Ana Claudia; Rorig, Leonardo; Bonomi‐Barufi, José; Pagliosa, PauloNot only advances but also old addictions, setbacks, obstructions and delays are observed during COP16 (on biodiversity), COP29 (on climate change) and G20 in a year full of tragedies resulting from climate change; we need to look in the rearview mirror and plan new paths to be presented and discussed at COP30, in 2025, in the Brazilian Amazon. Worldwide temperature records show that 2023 and 2024 were the warm...
Heterotrophy in marine animal forests in an era of climate change
Denis, Vianney; Ferrier‐Pagès, Christine; Schubert, Nadine; Coppari, Martina; Baker, David M.; Camp, Emma F.; Gori, Andrea; Grottoli, Andréa G.Marine animal forests (MAFs) are benthic ecosystems characterised by biogenic three-dimensional structures formed by suspension feeders such as corals, gorgonians, sponges and bivalves. They comprise highly diversified communities among the most productive in the world's oceans. However, MAFs are in decline due to global and local stressors that threaten the survival and growth of their foundational species and...
A critical thermal transition driving spring phenology of Northern Hemisphere c...
Huang, Jian-Guo; Zhang, Yaling; Wang, Minhuang; Yu, Xiaohan; Deslauriers, Annie; Fonti, Patrick; Liang, Eryuan; Mäkinen, Harri; Oberhuber, WalterDespite growing interest in predicting plant phenological shifts, advanced spring phenology by global climate change remains debated. Evidence documenting either small or large advancement of spring phenology to rising temperature over the spatio-temporal scales implies a potential existence of a thermal threshold in the responses of forests to global warming. We collected a unique data set of xylem cell-wall-t...
Trophic ecology of Caribbean octocorals: autotrophic and heterotrophic seasonal...
Rossi, Sergio; Schubert, Nadine; Brow, Darren; Gonzalez-Posada, Alba; Soares, Marcelo OliveiraStudies over the past decades indicate that octocorals are becoming the dominant group in some areas of the Caribbean. Yet, basic knowledge about the trophic ecology of these organisms and their seasonal and speciesspecific variability is still scarce, though this might play a key role in determining their importance in benthic–pelagic coupling processes and, consequently, their role in carbon cycles. In the pr...
Increased anthropogenic pressure decreases species richness in tropical interti...
Portugal, Adriana Brizon; Carvalho, Fabrício Lopes; Carneiro, Pedro Bastos de Macedo; Rossi, Sergio; Soares, Marcelo de OliveiraMultiple human stressors affect tropical intertidal sandstone reefs, but little is known about their biodiversity and the environmental impacts of these stressors. In the present study, multiple anthropogenic pressures were integrated using the relative environmental pressure index (REPI) and related to benthic community structure across an intertidal gradient in five sandstone reefs in the tropical South Atlan...
Marine bioinvasions: differences in tropical copepod communities between inside...
Soares, Marcelo de Oliveira; Campos, Carolina Coelho; Santos, Nívia Maria Oliveira; Barroso, Hortência de Sousa; Menezes, Maria Ozilea Bezerra deThe difficulty of detecting non-indigenous species (NIS) in marine environments is an “invisible problem” in areas where plankton monitoring does not occur. In this study, we investigated the dominance of the NIS Temora turbinata and copepod community structure in two tropical marine habitats: inside an offshore port, which had turbid and calm waters, and outside the port, which was more hydrodynamic. Our study...
A homage to the past aiming at the future
Rossi, Sergio; Cotovitz Junior, Luiz Carlos; Sousa, Paulo Henrique Gomes de Oliveira; Tavares, Tallita Cruz Lopes; Teixeira, Carlos Eduardo PeresAre the oceans dying? This is a question that many people are asking themselves more and more insistently. The answer is that in no case are they dying – but they are being transformed. Deeply. Unfortunately, this transformation has changed the ocean for a worst stage in terms of overall quality. Human-induced changes across the globe affect marine more than terrestrial ecosystems. And, at sea, there is a probl...
Composted sewage sludge as an alternative substrate for forest seedlings produc...
Gabira, Mônica Moreno; da Silva, Richardson Barbosa Gomes [UNESP]; Bortolheiro, Fernanda Pacheco de Almeida Prado [UNESP]Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:49:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-12-01; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); The production of forest seedlings with adequate morphological and physiological characteristics is essential for the success of plantations. Substrates and irrigation are ...
Soil effects on stem growth and wood anatomy of tamboril are mediated by tree age
Angélico, Talita dos Santos [UNESP]; Marcati, Carmen Regina [UNESP]; Rossi, Sergio; da Silva, Magali Ribeiro [UNESP]; Sonsin-Oliveira, JúliaMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:32:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-08-01; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Soil influences the growth of trees and the characteristics of the wood; but could this influence change during the ontogeny of trees? To answer this question, we analyzed ...