Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions

AM Eger, EM Marzinelli, H Christie… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forest ecosystems and their associated ecosystem services are declining around the
world. In response, marine managers are working to restore and counteract these declines …

A decision-support framework for the restoration of Cystoseira sensu lato forests

CJ Smith, J Verdura, N Papadopoulou… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Macroalgal forests characterised by species of the genus Cystoseira sensu lato form
important shallow coastal rocky habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. These forests support a …

The structure of Mediterranean rocky reef ecosystems across environmental and human gradients, and conservation implications

E Sala, E Ballesteros, P Dendrinos, A Di Franco… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Historical exploitation of the Mediterranean Sea and the absence of rigorous baselines
makes it difficult to evaluate the current health of the marine ecosystems and the efficacy of …

Decline and local extinction of Fucales in French Riviera: the harbinger of future extinctions?

T Thibaut, A Blanfuné… - Mediterranean …, 2015 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Abstract The French Riviera is one of the Mediterranean areas that has been longest and
most thoroughly impacted by human activities. Fucales are long-lived, large-sized brown …

Restoration of a canopy-forming alga based on recruitment enhancement: methods and long-term success assessment

J Verdura, M Sales, E Ballesteros, ME Cefalì… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine forests dominated by macroalgae have experienced noticeable regression along
some temperate and subpolar rocky shores. Along continuously disturbed shores, where …

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

F Gianni, F Bartolini, L Airoldi… - … in oceanography and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Cystoseira species are some of the most important marine ecosystem-engineers, forming
extended canopies comparable to land forests. Such forests are sensitive to human …

The overlooked role of biotic factors in controlling the ecological performance of artificial marine habitats

F Ferrario, L Iveša, A Jaklin… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial structures are sprawling in marine seascapes as a result of burgeoning coastal
populations, increasing development and energy demand, and greater risks from climate …

Where and how-new insight for brown algal forest restoration in the Adriatic

M Orlando-Bonaca, G Savonitto, V Asnaghi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Several anthropogenic factors are responsible for the decline of Cystoseira sensu lato
(hereafter Cystoseira) forests along Mediterranean coasts. Some Cystoseira species are …

The fate of Cystoseira crinita, a forest-forming Fucale (Phaeophyceae, Stramenopiles), in France (North Western Mediterranean Sea)

A Blanfuné, CF Boudouresque, M Verlaque… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, Fucales, and in particular the species of the genus
Cystoseira C. Agardh, are habitat-forming species dominating several benthic assemblages …

Addressing reproductive stochasticity and grazing impacts in the restoration of a canopy‐forming brown alga by implementing mitigation solutions

G Savonitto, G De La Fuente, E Tordoni… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide decline of marine forests, due to human impacts and climate change,
emphasizes the need to develop and implement effective and sustainable solutions to …