Major expansion of marine forests in a warmer Arctic

J Assis, EA Serrão, CM Duarte… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Accelerating warming and associated loss of sea ice are expected to promote the expansion
of coastal marine forests (macrophytes) along the massive Arctic coastlines. Yet, this region …

Kelp in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: Current and future predictions of habitat suitability and cover

J Goldsmit, RW Schlegel, K Filbee-Dexter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Climate change is transforming marine ecosystems through the expansion and contraction
of species' ranges. Sea ice loss and warming temperatures are expected to expand habitat …

Local and regional variation in kelp loss and stability across coastal British Columbia

S Starko, B Timmer, L Reshitnyk, M Csordas… - Marine Ecology …, 2024‏ - int-res.com
Kelp forests are among the most abundant coastal marine habitats but are vulnerable to
climate change. The Northeast Pacific has experienced recent large-scale changes in kelp …

Effects of temperature and nutrients on microscopic stages of the bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana, Phaeophyceae)

BL Weigel, SL Small, HD Berry… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Warming ocean temperatures have been linked to kelp forest declines worldwide, and
elevated temperatures can act synergistically with other local stressors to exacerbate kelp …

Version 2 of the world map of laminarian kelp benefits from more Arctic data and makes it the largest marine biome

DRM Jayathilake, MJ Costello - Biological Conservation, 2021‏ - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
In providing the first global map of the laminarian kelp biome, Jayathilake and Costello
(2020) recommended that it be reassessed as more field data became available. Starko et …

Arctic marine forest distribution models showcase potentially severe habitat losses for cryophilic species under climate change

TT Bringloe, DP Wilkinson, J Goldsmit… - Global Change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is among the fastest‐warming areas of the globe. Understanding the impact of
climate change on foundational Arctic marine species is needed to provide insight on …

No‐take marine protected areas enhance the benefits of kelp‐forest restoration for fish but not fisheries

JK Hopf, JE Caselle, JW White - Ecology letters, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Kelp habitat restoration is gaining traction as a management action to support recovery in
areas affected by severe disturbances, thereby ensuring the sustainability of ecosystem …

Sea ice and substratum shape extensive kelp forests in the Canadian Arctic

K Filbee-Dexter, KA MacGregor, C Lavoie… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
The coastal zone of the Canadian Arctic represents 10% of the world's coastline and is one
of the most rapidly changing marine regions on the planet. To predict the consequences of …

Embrace kelp forests in the coming decade

CJ Feehan, K Filbee-Dexter, T Wernberg - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
The United Nations General Assembly recognizes that securing human lives and livelihoods
will require putting an end to global habitat degradation and restoring hundreds of millions …

Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high‐latitude glacial refugia

TT Bringloe, A Fort, M Inaba, R Sulpice… - Molecular …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coastal refugia during the Last Glacial Maximum (~ 21,000 years ago) have been
hypothesized at high latitudes in the North Atlantic, suggesting marine populations persisted …