Threats and knowledge gaps for ecosystem services provided by kelp forests: a northeast A tlantic perspective

DA Smale, MT Burrows, P Moore… - Ecology and …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests along temperate and polar coastlines represent some of most diverse and
productive habitats on the Earth. Here, we synthesize information from> 60 years of research …

Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers

AGB Poore, AH Campbell, RA Coleman… - Ecology …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of consumers in structuring communities, and the widespread
assumption that consumption is strongest at low latitudes, empirical tests for global scale …

A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms

S Uthicke, B Schaffelke, M Byrne - Ecological monographs, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Echinoderms play a key role in structuring many marine ecosystems and are notorious for
large population density variations in so‐called “outbreak” or “dieoff” events. In a review of …

Bioerosion: the other ocean acidification problem

CHL Schönberg, JKH Fang… - ICES Journal of …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Bioerosion of calcium carbonate is the natural counterpart of biogenic calcification. Both are
affected by ocean acidification (OA). We summarize definitions and concepts in bioerosion …

A roadmap for the restoration of Mediterranean macroalgal forests

E Cebrian, L Tamburello, J Verdura… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Canopy-forming macroalgae play a crucial role in coastal primary production and nutrient
cycling, providing food, shelter, nurseries, and habitat for many vertebrate and invertebrate …

The influence of canopy algae on vertical patterns of distribution of low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

F Bulleri, L Benedetti-Cecchi, S Acunto, F Cinelli… - Journal of experimental …, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Canopy-forming algae have been shown to play a fundamental role in the maintenance of
understorey assemblages on rocky shores. In the Mediterranean, low-shore habitats are …

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 …

Community dynamics and ecosystem simplification in a high-CO2 ocean

KJ Kroeker, MC Gambi, F Micheli - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Disturbances are natural features of ecosystems that promote variability in the community
and ultimately maintain diversity. Although it is recognized that global change will affect …

Cascading human impacts, marine protected areas, and the structure of Mediterranean reef assemblages

F Micheli, L Benedetti-Cecchi… - Ecological …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coastal marine assemblages are shaped by interactions between physical factors,
biological interactions, and almost ubiquitously, human impacts. Large‐scale manipulations …

Living in future ocean acidification, physiological adaptive responses of the immune system of sea urchins resident at a CO2 vent system

O Migliaccio, A Pinsino, E Maffioli, AM Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The effects of ocean acidification, a major anthropogenic impact on marine life, have been
mainly investigated in laboratory/mesocosm experiments. We used the CO 2 vents at Ischia …