The largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all
plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in …

The present study reports on observations carried out in the Tropical North Atlantic in
summer and autumn 2017, documenting Sargassum aggregations using both ship-deck …

High diversity of marine macroalgae is reported for Mexican coasts, including numerous
endemic species. Seaweed research in Mexico has focused on the northern regions of the …

Molecular phylogeographic approaches employed for studying genetic diversity and
evolution of seaweeds experienced noticeable growth since the mid-1990s and have greatly …

Human-mediated transport of species significantly alters their distribution at a global scale.
Since the seminal work by Elton (1958), non-indigenous species (NIS) introductions and …

Biodiversity loss is driven by interacting factors operating at different spatial scales. Yet,
there remains uncertainty as to how fine-scale environmental conditions mediate biological …

In recent years, drifting and inundating brown seaweed (Sargassum horneri) biomass,
called 'golden tides', has frequently drifted and accumulated along the southern coastlines of …

Abstract Sargassum horneri (Turner) C. Agardh, 1820 is a fast growing brown alga native to
shallow reefs of eastern Asia. It has spread aggressively throughout southern California …

The arrival of Sargassum horneri throughout the Southern California Bight and the Baja
Peninsula has raised concern regarding kelp forest resilience and ecosystem function …

Although, the involvement of artisanal fishing communities in conservation and management
is now commonplace, their participation rarely goes beyond providing local and traditional …