Tropicalisation is a marine phenomenon arising from contemporary climate change, and is
characterised by the range expansion of tropical/subtropical species and the retraction of …

Ecosystems constantly change, yet managers often lack information to move beyond static
habitat assumptions. As human impacts and geographic information systems advance, it is …

Seagrasses have long been a focal point for management efforts aimed at restoring
ecosystem health in estuaries worldwide. In Tampa Bay, Florida (USA), seagrass coverage …

Globally, anthropogenic climate change has caused declines of seagrass ecosystems
necessitating proactive restoration approaches that would ideally anticipate future climate …

Zostera marina is a temperate seagrass exhibiting a mixed-annual life history strategy at its
southern range limit in North Carolina (NC), relying on a transient seed bank to return from …

Major storms can alter coastal ecosystems in several direct and indirect ways including
habitat destruction, stormwater-related water quality degradation, and organism mortality …

As climate change continues to shift the distributions of species worldwide, understanding
where, why, and how organisms move beyond their historical ranges is of critical …

North Carolina (NC) is in a biogeographic transition zone where climate change is altering
the relative abundances (eg, areal extent, percent cover, biomass) of Zostera marina and …

Genetic diversity can modulate a population's response to a changing environment and
plays a critical role in its ecological function. While multiple processes act to maintain …

Ascidians are sessile marine invertebrates found all over the world in a variety of natural and
artificial habitats. The objective of this study was to provide the first inventory of ascidian …