Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae

TT Bringloe, S Starko, RM Wade, C Vieira… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are a group of multicellular heterokonts that are
ubiquitous in today's oceans. Large brown algae from multiple orders are the foundation to …

Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential

B Duarte, I Martins, R Rosa, AR Matos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows–some of the
most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems …

Genetic diversity and kelp forest vulnerability to climatic stress

T Wernberg, MA Coleman, S Bennett, MS Thomsen… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Genetic diversity confers adaptive capacity to populations under changing conditions but its
role in mediating impacts of climate change remains unresolved for most ecosystems. This …

Local‐scale climatic refugia offer sanctuary for a habitat‐forming species during a marine heatwave

J Verdura, J Santamaría, E Ballesteros… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gradual climate change and discrete extreme climatic events have driven shifts in the
structure of populations and the distribution of species in many marine ecosystems. The …

Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity

F Bulleri, BK Eriksson, A Queirós, L Airoldi… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Habitat-forming species sustain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in harsh
environments through the amelioration of physical stress. Nonetheless, their role in shaping …

Genotype–Environment mismatch of kelp forests under climate change

S Vranken, T Wernberg, A Scheben… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is increasingly impacting ecosystems globally. Understanding adaptive
genetic diversity and whether it will keep pace with projected climatic change is necessary to …

The importance of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in driving intraspecific variability in thermal niches of marine macrophytes

NG King, NJ McKeown, DA Smale, PJ Moore - Ecography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is driving the redistribution of species at a global scale and documenting
and predicting species' responses to warming is a principal focus of contemporary ecology …

Ecological and industrial implications of dynamic seaweed-associated microbiota interactions

F Menaa, P Wijesinghe, G Thiripuranathar, B Uzair… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are broadly distributed and represent an important source of secondary
metabolites (eg, halogenated compounds, polyphenols) eliciting various pharmacological …

Evidence for different thermal ecotypes in range centre and trailing edge kelp populations

NG King, NJ McKeown, DA Smale… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Determining and predicting species' responses to climate change is a fundamental goal of
contemporary ecology. When interpreting responses to warming species are often treated as …

Tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea shifts thermal tolerance during Mediterranean invasion

M Wesselmann, A Anton, CM Duarte… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Exotic species often face new environmental conditions that are different from those that they
are adapted to. The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea is a Lessepsian migrant that …