ABSTRACT A descriptive model of calcification in the coralline red algae is integral to
understanding their contributions to marine geochemistry, the responses of seascapes to …

Lignified cell walls are widely considered to be key innovations in the evolution of terrestrial
plants from aquatic ancestors some 475 million years ago [1–3]. Lignins, complex aromatic …

Many marine ecosystems have the capacity for long‐term storage of organic carbon (C) in
what are termed “blue carbon” systems. While blue carbon systems (saltmarsh, mangrove …

Many species of macroalgae have flat, strap-like blades in habitats exposed to rapidly
flowing water, but have wide, ruffled “undulate” blades at protected sites. We used the giant …

Plant and algal cell walls are complex biomaterials composed of stiff cellulose microfibrils
embedded in a soft matrix of polysaccharides, proteins and phenolic compounds. Cell wall …

Plant and animal biomechanists have much in common. Although their frame of reference
differs, they think about the natural world in similar ways. While researchers studying …

Seagrasses and macroalgae provide ecosystem services that are imperative to human
survival and well‐being. The provision of habitat for fisheries species is one of these …

The shallow water kelp Laminaria digitata, abundant in coastal zones of the North Atlantic, is
exposed to a range of hydrodynamic environments that makes it ideal for assessing the role …

• Premise of the study: Intertidal macroalgae must resist extreme hydrodynamic forces
imposed by crashing waves. How does frond flexibility mitigate drag, and how does flexibility …

Laminaria is an abundant kelp genus in temperate nearshore ecosystems that grows with a
circannual 'stop-start'pattern. Species of Laminaria play important ecological roles in kelp …