Spatio-temporal features of microplastics pollution in macroalgae growing in an important mariculture area, China

Z Feng, T Zhang, J Wang, W Huang, R Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Macroalgae are being consumed by a growing number of people as functional food.
Therefore, they are intensively cultivated to meet the rising demand. Mariculture is a …

Nitrogen sufficiency enhances thermal tolerance in habitat-forming kelp: implications for acclimation under thermal stress

PA Fernández, JD Gaitán-Espitia, PP Leal… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Local and global changes associated with anthropogenic activities are impacting marine
and terrestrial ecosystems. Macroalgae, especially habitat-forming species like kelp, play …

Contaminants disrupt aquatic food webs via decreased consumer efficiency

LR Clance, SL Ziegler, FJ Fodrie - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in consumer-resource dynamics due to environmental stressors can alter
energy flows or key interactions within food webs, with potential for cascading effects at …

Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics

AL Freestone, ME Torchin, LJ Jurgens, M Bonfim… - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis that biotic interactions strengthen toward lower latitudes provides a
framework for linking community‐scale processes with the macroecological scales that …

Temperature directly and indirectly influences food web structure

JP Gibert - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding whether and how environmental conditions may impact food web structure at
a global scale is central to our ability to predict how food webs will respond to climate …

Nutritional quality of giant kelp declines due to warming ocean temperatures

HE Lowman, KA Emery, JE Dugan, RJ Miller - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera forms extensive forests on temperate reefs, providing habitat
and food for a diversity of marine life. Kelp biomass varies in response to changing ocean …

Food web consequences of thermal asymmetries

JP Gibert, JM Grady, AI Dell - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how food webs will respond to globally rising temperatures is a pressing
issue. Temperature effects on food webs are likely underpinned by differences in the thermal …

Trait gradients inform predictions of seagrass meadows changes to future warming

A Pansini, G La Manna, F Pinna, P Stipcich… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Comparing populations across temperature gradients can inform how global warming will
impact the structure and function of ecosystems. Shoot density, morphometry and …

Physiological responses of Ampithoe valida and its feeding potential on Ulva prolifera

C Li, Y Tang, W Sun, J **a, Z **a, J Zhang, P He… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large numbers of Amphipoda feed on floating green tide macroalgae in the Yellow Sea,
among which Ampithoe valida has a high abundance in the stable and decline periods …

Global patterns of herbivorous reef fish productivity: the role of Prionurus laticlavius in the Galápagos

SB Tebbett, HF Yan, LL Lutzenkirchen, AC Siqueira… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Herbivorous fishes play important roles on coral reefs, acting as key trophic conduits of
primary productivity. Whilst these roles are widely appreciated on tropical reefs, the relative …