The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests

A Eger, JD Aguirre, M Altamirano… - Journal of applied …, 2024 - Springer
Marine kelp forests cover 1/3 of our world's coastlines, are heralded as a nature-based
solution to address socio-environmental issues, connect hundreds of millions of people with …

A decision-support framework for the restoration of Cystoseira sensu lato forests

CJ Smith, J Verdura, N Papadopoulou… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Macroalgal forests characterised by species of the genus Cystoseira sensu lato form
important shallow coastal rocky habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. These forests support a …

The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima I: recent advances in a changing climate

N Diehl, H Li, L Scheschonk… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima is a Laminariales species widely
distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Its physiology and ecology have been studied since …

Cool-edge populations of the kelp Ecklonia radiata under global ocean change scenarios: strong sensitivity to ocean warming but little effect of ocean acidification

D Britton, C Layton, CN Mundy… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Kelp forests are threatened by ocean warming, yet effects of co-occurring drivers such as
CO2 are rarely considered when predicting their performance in the future. In Australia, the …

What does the future look like for kelp when facing multiple stressors?

B Wear, NE O'Connor, MJ Schmid… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As primary producers and ecosystem engineers, kelp (generally Order Laminariales) are
ecologically important, and their decline could have far‐reaching consequences. Kelp are …

Fabulous but forgotten fucoid forests

MS Thomsen, PAU Stæhr, PM South - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fucoid forests are areas dominated by marine brown seaweed in the taxonomic order
Fucales that, like the better‐known marine foundation species—corals, kelps, seagrasses …

A quantitative synthesis of approaches, biases, successes, and failures in marine forest restoration, with considerations for future work

HS Earp, DA Smale, A Pérez‐Matus… - Aquatic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Marine forests is a term commonly used for coastal marine habitats formed by dense stands
of brown macroalgae, typically consisting of kelp and fucoids. These habitats are highly …

Using predictive models to identify kelp refuges in marine protected areas for management prioritization

MA Young, K Critchell, MA Sams - Ecological Applications, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests serve as the foundation for shallow marine ecosystems in many temperate
areas of the world but are under threat from various stressors, including climate change. To …

[HTML][HTML] Twenty-five years on: Widespread kelp forest decline revealed in a potential climatic refugium

S Barrientos, C Piñeiro-Corbeira, R Barreiro - Journal of Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Kelp forests are key temperate ecosystems that experience the combined effects of global
and local stressors throughout their distribution range. Niche modelling projections identified …

From Tasmania to the world: long and strong traditions in seaweed use, research, and development

CL Hurd, JT Wright, C Layton, EMA Strain, D Britton… - Botanica …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Tasmania is an island state in south-eastern Australia that has a long and rich history of
seaweed use, research, and development. It is a cool-temperate system with 750 …