Blue carbon provides opportunities to mitigate climate change while increasing ecosystem
services for coastal communities, including climate change adaptation; however, blue …

As plants on land, seaweeds are likely to be susceptible to temperature-mediated changes
in phenology such as shifts in their reproductive timing. With this review, we aimed to …

Although many studies predict extensive future biodiversity loss and redistribution in the
terrestrial realm, future changes in marine biodiversity remain relatively unexplored. In this …

Aim Marine forests of brown macroalgae create essential habitats for coastal species and
support invaluable ecological services. Here, we provide the first global analysis of species …

The role of macroalgae (seaweed) as a global contributor to carbon drawdown within
marine sediments–termed 'blue carbon'–remains uncertain and controversial. While studies …

The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude,
yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns. Little …

An essential suite of coral reef ecosystem engineers is coralline red algae. Among these, the
smooth, encrusting Porolithon onkodes has historically been considered the most important …

Coralline red algae (CRA) are key players in the construction and maintenance of biogenic
reefs, and they have important functional roles in ecological systems in the Southwestern …

Environmental conditions shape the occurrence and abundance of habitat-building
organisms at global scales. Rhodolith beds structure important hard substrate habitats for a …

Coralline algae (Corallinophycideae) are calcifying red algae that are foundation species in
euphotic marine habitats globally. In recent years, corallines have received increasing …