Sudden beaching of huge seaweed masses smother the coastline and form rotting piles on
the shore. The number of reports of these events in previously unaffected areas has …

Abstract The accumulation of Marine Macroalgal Waste (MMW)-drifted marine macroalgae-
is a growing phenomenon. The lack of appropriate management protocols for this residual …

Starting in 2011, coastal areas of the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean began to
experience extraordinary yearly accumulations of pelagic Sargassum brown alga. Historical …

Abstract In 2018, the Mexican Caribbean coast received a massive influx of pelagic
Sargassum spp. that accumulated and decayed on beaches producing organic …

In recent years there have been massive inundations of pelagic Sargassum, known as
golden tides, on the beaches of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and West Africa, causing …

The Caribbean has been experiencing beach inundations of pelagic Sargassum, causing
environmental, health and financial issues. This study showed variations in the composition …

Since long ago, pelagic Sargassum mats have been known to be abundant in the Sargasso
Sea, where they provide habitat to diverse organisms. However, over the last few years …

The recent proliferation of pelagic Sargassum spp. in the Tropical Atlantic causes major
ecological and socioeconomic impacts to the wider Caribbean when it washes ashore, with …

Floating life (obligate neuston) is a core component of the ocean surface food web.
However, only 1 region of high neustonic abundance is known so far, the Sargasso Sea in …

Marine climate change mitigation initiatives have recently attracted a great deal of interest in
the role of natural carbon sinks, particularly on coastal systems. Brown seaweeds of the …