Biology and ecology of the globally significant kelp Ecklonia radiata

T Wernberg, MA Coleman, RC Babcock… - … and marine biology, 2019 - library.oapen.org
Ecklonia radiata is one of the most widespread kelps globally, dominating temperate reefs
throughout much of Australasia and southeastern Africa. Throughout much of its range, it is …

Phenotypic plasticity and biogeographic variation in physiology of habitat‐forming seaweed: response to temperature and nitrate

EB Flukes, JT Wright, CR Johnson - Journal of phycology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Southeastern Australian waters are warming at nearly four times the global average rate (~
0.7° C· century− 1) driven by strengthening incursions of the warm oligotrophic East …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of blue carbon as a food source to oysters (Saccostrea cucullata) inside a tropical pristine Australian estuary

D Bearham, D Gorman, MJ McLaughlin, D Liu… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the importance of blue carbon (carbon captured from the atmosphere
by algae, mangrove and seagrass leaves) as a component of particulate organic matter …

Stable isotope composition of multiple tissues and individual amino acids reveals dietary variation among life stages in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Ningaloo …

JL Stubbs, AT Revill, RD Pillans, MA Vanderklift - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
Diet is fundamental to an individual's biology because energy acquired from food constrains
growth and reproduction, which subsequently influences survival. It is, therefore, important to …

Cast adrift: Physiology and dispersal of benthic Sargassum spinuligerum in surface rafts

DH van Hees, YS Olsen, L Mattio… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity of populations through the transfer of individuals is one of the key processes for
maintaining ecosystem stability and resilience of coastal ecosystems. During reproduction …

Patterns and drivers of δ13C variation in the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera

ST Drobnitch, T Pochron… - Limnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera is a major primary producer and supports species‐rich
and productive marine communities on temperate coastlines. The δ13C signature of M …

Macrophyte-derived detritus in shallow coastal waters contributes to suspended particulate organic matter and increases growth rates of Mytilus edulis

D Bearham, MA Vanderklift, RA Downie… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Benthic suspension feeders, such as bivalves, potentially have several different food
sources, including plankton and resuspended detritus of benthic origin. We hypothesised …

Multiple Trophic Tracer Analyses of Subarctic Rhodolith (Lithothamnion glaciale) Bed Trophodynamics Uncover Bottom-Up Forcing and Benthic-Pelagic Coupling

S Hacker Teper, CC Parrish, P Gagnon - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We paired a survey of cryptofaunal abundance and rhodolith morphology with lipid, fatty
acid, and stable isotope analyses to quantify nutritional patterns and trophic linkages of six …

Comparisons of stable isotope composition among tissues of green turtles

MA Vanderklift, RD Pillans, NA Robson… - Rapid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Ecologists often need to make choices about what body parts (tissues or organs)
of an animal to sample. The decision is typically guided by the need to treat animals as …

Stable isotope values (δ 13C, δ 15N) of macroalgal communities at Loch Creran and its relevance for elucidating sources of macroalgal organic carbon in fjordic …

A Bebb, I Hawkins, R Gwynne-Jones, R Helmore… - Botanica …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Here, macroalgal isotopic values from Loch Creran, Western Scotland, were documented to
determine the suitability of paired stable isotope analysis for identifying macroalgal-derived …