Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines

JA Orr, RD Vinebrooke, MC Jackson… - … of the Royal …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic environmental changes, or 'stressors', increasingly threaten biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning worldwide. Multiple-stressor research is a rapidly expanding field of …

Climate change, human impacts, and coastal ecosystems in the Anthropocene

Q He, BR Silliman - Current Biology, 2019‏ - cell.com
Coastal zones, the world's most densely populated regions, are increasingly threatened by
climate change stressors—rising and warming seas, intensifying storms and droughts, and …

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

KA Krumhansl, DK Okamoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - National Acad Sciences
Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate
and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of …

Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation

IM Côté, ES Darling, CJ Brown - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interactions between multiple ecosystem stressors are expected to jeopardize biological
processes, functions and biodiversity. The scientific community has declared stressor …

Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity

F Bulleri, BK Eriksson, A Queirós, L Airoldi… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Habitat-forming species sustain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in harsh
environments through the amelioration of physical stress. Nonetheless, their role in sha** …

A decision-support framework for the restoration of Cystoseira sensu lato forests

CJ Smith, J Verdura, N Papadopoulou… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Macroalgal forests characterised by species of the genus Cystoseira sensu lato form
important shallow coastal rocky habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. These forests support a …

Sea urchin removal as a tool for macroalgal restoration: A review on removing “the spiny enemies”

KI Miller, CO Blain, NT Shears - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Kelp and macroalgal forests provide the ecological foundations of many temperate rocky
reef ecosystems, but have regionally declined, often due to sea urchin overgrazing and the …

The resilience of marine ecosystems to climatic disturbances

JK O'Leary, F Micheli, L Airoldi, C Boch, G De Leo… - …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
The intensity and frequency of climate-driven disturbances are increasing in coastal marine
ecosystems. Understanding the factors that enhance or inhibit ecosystem resilience to …

Diversity and Temporal Dynamics of the Epiphytic Bacterial Communities Associated with the Canopy-Forming Seaweed Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff and …

FP Mancuso, S D'hondt, A Willems, L Airoldi… - Frontiers in …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
Canopy-forming seaweed species of the genus Cystoseira form diverse and productive
habitats along temperate rocky coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Despite numerous studies …

Linking environmental variables with regional-scale variability in ecological structure and standing stock of carbon within UK kelp forests

DA Smale, MT Burrows, AJ Evans, N King… - Marine Ecology …, 2016‏ - int-res.com
Kelp forests represent some of the most productive and diverse habitats on Earth.
Understanding drivers of ecological patterns at large spatial scales is critical for effective …