It's the little things: the role of microscopic life stages in maintaining kelp populations

MS Edwards - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Kelp forests are experiencing broad scale declines in abundance and shifts in latitudinal
ranges in many areas of the world due to numerous environmental stressors, especially …

[HTML][HTML] The metabolic depression and revival of purple urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) in response to macroalgal availability

D Dolinar, M Edwards - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organisms can reduce their metabolism and/or decrease energy allocation to reproduction
in order to survive starvation during extended periods of food limitation. This is especially …

Impact of the extinct megaherbivore Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) on kelp forest resilience

PD Roopnarine, RMW Banker… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Giant kelp forests off the west coast of North America are maintained primarily by sea otter
(Enhydra lutris) and sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) predation of sea urchins …