Kelp forest ecosystems and their associated ecosystem services are declining around the
world. In response, marine managers are working to restore and counteract these declines …

Kelps are ecologically important primary producers and ecosystem engineers, and play a
central role in structuring nearshore temperate habitats. They play an important role in …

While marine kelp forests have provided valuable ecosystem services for millennia, the
global ecological and economic value of those services is largely unresolved. Kelp forests …

The EU Bioeconomy Strategy aims to support the sustainable growth and development of
the EU bio-based sectors while creating jobs, innovation and services. Despite the …

Seaweeds are macroalgae, which generally reside in the littoral zone and can be of many
different shapes, sizes, colours and composition. They include brown algae …

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 …

The use of cultivated seaweeds as a feedstock for multiple industrial applications has
gained increasing interest in the Western World over the past decades. Norway has an …

Macroalgae have played an important role in coastal communities for centuries. In the past,
they have been harvested and gathered from shorelines around the world for traditional …

The flow of detritus between habitats is an important form of connectivity that affects regional
productivity and the spatial organization of marine ecosystems. Kelps form highly productive …

Economic and environmental developments in the last decades call for the displacement of
fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. Biofuels are considered as a part of the solution for …