Despite the importance of consumers in structuring communities, and the widespread
assumption that consumption is strongest at low latitudes, empirical tests for global scale …

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 …

Some of the most profound effects of climate change on ecological communities are due to
alterations in species interactions rather than direct physiological effects of changing …

A key consideration in assessing impacts of climate change is the possibility of synergistic
effects with other human-induced stressors. In the ocean realm, climate change and …

Global climate change is predicted to have major negative impacts on biodiversity,
particularly if important habitat-modifying species undergo range shifts. The sea urchin …

Patterns of climate‐forced range shift in the marine environment are informed by
investigating the population dynamics of an ecologically important sea urchin …

Spatial closures in the marine environment are widely accepted as effective conservation
and fisheries management tools. Given increasing human‐derived stressors acting on …

Background Range extensions of species raise important questions about the underlying
mechanisms and the effect of the new species on the structure and dynamics of the …

The barrens-forming sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii (Diadematidae) has recently
undergone poleward range-extension to Tasmania where grazing of diverse and …

Global climate change is leading to redistribution of marine species and altering ecosystem
dynamics. Given recent poleward range extension of the barrens‐forming sea urchin …