Oyster restoration to recover ecosystem services

RS Smith, JL Pruett - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Oyster reef loss represents one of the most dramatic declines of a foundation species
worldwide. Oysters provide valuable ecosystem services (ES), including habitat …

Impacts of marine heatwaves in coastal ecosystems depend on local environmental conditions

S Starko, M van der Mheen… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves (MHWs), increasing in duration and intensity because of climate change,
are now a major threat to marine life and can have lasting effects on the structure and …

CATNet: Cascaded attention transformer network for marine species image classification

W Zhang, G Chen, P Zhuang, W Zhao… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Complex physicochemical environmental effects result in the underwater species images'
highly intricate and diverse backgrounds, which poses significant challenges for identifying …

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

F Manca, L Benedetti-Cecchi, CJA Bradshaw… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although many studies predict extensive future biodiversity loss and redistribution in the
terrestrial realm, future changes in marine biodiversity remain relatively unexplored. In this …

Reef Adapt: A tool to inform climate-smart marine restoration and management decisions

GV Wood, KJ Griffin, M van der Mheen… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
A critical component of ecosystem restoration projects involves using genetic data to select
source material that will enhance success under current and future climates. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline matters: Challenges and implications of different marine heatwave baselines

KE Smith, AS Gupta, D Amaya, JA Benthuysen… - Progress in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Marine heatwaves (MHWs), prolonged periods of unusually high ocean temperatures,
significantly impact global ecosystems. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the …

Unseen and unheard: the invisibility of kelp forests in international environmental governance

J Valckenaere, E Techera, K Filbee-Dexter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Kelp forests are one of the most extensive coastal ecosystems in the world. They serve a
myriad of ecological functions, support substantial biodiversity, and contribute to a multitude …

Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the Green Gravel Action Group

GV Wood, K Filbee-Dexter, MA Coleman… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction To counteract the rapid loss of marine forests globally and meet international
commitments of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Convention on …

Opportunities for earth observation to inform risk management for ocean tip** points

RA Wood, JA Baker, G Beaugrand, J Boutin… - Surveys in …, 2024 - Springer
As climate change continues, the likelihood of passing critical thresholds or tip** points
increases. Hence, there is a need to advance the science for detecting such thresholds. In …

Marine protected areas can be useful but are not a silver bullet for kelp conservation

K Filbee‐Dexter, S Starko, A Pessarrodona… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, but they are increasingly
being degraded and lost due to a range of human‐related stressors, leading to recent calls …