Infectious diseases can cause rapid population declines or species extinctions. Many
pathogens of terrestrial and marine taxa are sensitive to temperature, rainfall, and humidity …

Kelp forests are phyletically diverse, structurally complex and highly productive components
of coldwater rocky marine coastlines. This paper reviews the conditions in which kelp forests …

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 …

Mass mortalities due to disease outbreaks have recently affected major taxa in the oceans.
For closely monitored groups like corals and marine mammals, reports of the frequency of …

The shallow subtidal rocky habitats in most temperate coastal areas are conspicuously
dominated by large brown algae in the orders Laminariales and Fucales. These algae are …

Coral reef bleaching, the whitening of diverse invertebrate taxa, results from the loss of
symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic pigment concentrations in …

Increases in concentrations of greenhouse gases projected for the 21st century are
expected to lead to increased mean global air and ocean temperatures. The National …

Between fifty and ten thousand years ago, most large mammals became extinct everywhere
except Africa. Slow-breeding animals also were hard hit, regardless of size. This unusual …

This book breaks new ground with the integration of geography, oceanography, plankton
and benthic biology, as well as fish, to present a comprehensive account of the ecology of …

The ecology of world vegetation is described in numer all of the drafting and photographic
work. They have ous books and journals, but these are usually very spe spent many hours …