Large‐scale one‐off sea urchin removal promotes rapid kelp recovery in urchin barrens

KI Miller, CA Balemi, DR Bell, CO Blain… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sea urchin overgrazing is a leading cause of kelp forest loss and in such cases their
removal is increasingly advocated for kelp forest restoration. However, refining removal …

Estimating the extent of urchin barrens and kelp forest loss in northeastern Aotearoa, New Zealand

VC Kerr, RV Grace, NT Shears - New Zealand Journal of Marine …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
On shallow rocky reefs in northeastern Aotearoa, New Zealand, urchin barrens are
indicators of the ecosystem effects of overfishing reef predators. Yet, information on their …

Long-term warming and record-breaking marine heatwaves in the Hauraki Gulf, northern New Zealand

NT Shears, MM Bowen, F Thoral - New Zealand Journal of Marine …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As global oceans warm, long-term temperature records are critical in understanding and
interpreting warming trends and the significance of marine heatwaves (MHWs) in coastal …

Marine heatwave intensity and duration negatively affect growth in young sporophytes of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

I Bunting, YY Kok, EC Krieger, SJ Bury… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Kelp forests are productive and biodiverse ecosystems with high ecological, cultural, and
economic importance. However, the high sensitivity of kelp to water temperature means that …

Including Marine-Related Items in the ISSP Environment Module is Important for a More Holistic Measure of Public Environmental Perceptions

K Kolandai, B Milne, M von Randow… - … Journal of Sociology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we examine public perceptions of the importance of addressing marine
ecosystem problems by including an item (which we treated as a dependent variable) in the …

Changes in biomass and organic carbon content during the growth period of dominant seaweed in the intertidal zone of Gouqi Island, China

J Chen, Y Sun, K Wang, X Zhao, J Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Seaweed biomass is mainly investigated using quadrat sampling. However, the spatial
limitations of quadrat sampling pose significant challenges to the thorough evaluation of …

[PDF][PDF] Surviving in a Warmer Marine World… a Study on the Impact of a Thermal Effluent on Posidonia oceanica Meadows and Associated Fish Assemblages in the …

A Marrone, A Rinaldi, V Montalto, A Gauci, F Ape… - 2025 - preprints.org
Rising sea temperatures, driven by climate change, pose significant threats to coastal
ecosystems. This study investigates the impact of thermal effluents from power plants, as …

[PDF][PDF] The summer heat budget of Waitati Inlet, Otakou

K Nelson - 2023 - ourarchive.otago.ac.nz
The coastal waters of Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) are experiencing increasingly frequent,
strong and long-lasting marine heatwaves as a result of long-term ocean warming. Waitati …

The summer heat budget of Waitati Inlet, Ōtākou: Do coastal inlets act as heat incubators?

K Nelson - 2024 - ourarchive.otago.ac.nz
The summer heat budget of Waitati Inlet,Otakou Page 1 The summer heat budget of Waitati
Inlet,Otakou Do coastal inlets act as heat incubators? Katie Nelson A thesis presented for the …

[PDF][PDF] A comprehensive review of publications about kelp and fucoids from New Zealand and subsequent experiments on the early life stages of Hormosira banksii.

NR Edmunds - 2023 - ir.canterbury.ac.nz
Abstract Kelp (Laminariales) and fucoids (Fucales) are canopy-forming macroalgae that
cover ca. 25% of the world's coastlines, including many rocky coastlines throughout New …