• Another Decade of Marine Climate Change Experiments: Trends, Progress and Knowledge Gaps 

      Bass, Alissa; Wernberg, Thomas; Thomsen, Mads; Smale, Dan A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Anthropogenic climate change is a significant driver of change in marine ecosystems globally. To improve mechanistic understanding of the impact of climate-related stressors, experimental work on marine organisms has ...
    • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves 

      Smith, Kathryn E.; Burrows, Michael T.; Hobday, Alistair J.; King, Nathan G.; Moore, Pippa J.; Sen Gupta, Alex; Thomsen, Mads S.; Wernberg, Thomas; Smale, Dan A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Climatic extremes are becoming increasingly common against a background trend of global warming. In the oceans, marine heatwaves (MHWs)—discrete periods of anomalously warm water—have intensified and become more frequent ...
    • Carbon export is facilitated by sea urchins transforming kelp detritus 

      Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Pedersen, Morten Foldager; Fredriksen, Stein; Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus; Rinde, Eli; Kristiansen, Trond; Albretsen, Jon; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      With the increasing imperative for societies to act to curb climate change by increasing carbon stores and sinks, it has become critical to understand how organic carbon is produced, released, transformed, transported, and ...
    • Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review 

      Pessarrodona, Albert; Franco-Santos, Rita M.; Wright, Luka Seamus; Vanderklift, Mathew A.; Howard, Jennifer; Pidgeon, Emily; Wernberg, Thomas; Filbee-Dexter, Karen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The conservation, restoration, and improved management of terrestrial forests significantly contributes to mitigate climate change and its impacts, as well as providing numerous co-benefits. The pressing need to reduce ...
    • Changing nutritional seascapes of kelp forests 

      Shalders, Tanika C.; Champion, Curtis; Benkendorff, Kirsten; Davis, Tom; Wernberg, Thomas; Morris, Stephen; Coleman, Melinda A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ocean warming and short-term extreme events (e.g. marine heatwaves) are becoming more intense and frequent and have had major impacts on ecosystems. Seaweeds are foundational components of temperate reefs, providing nutrition ...
    • Detrital carbon production and export in high latitude kelp forests 

      Pedersen, Morten Foldager; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus; Fredriksen, Stein; Frisk, Nicolai Lond; Fagerli, Camilla With; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The production and fate of seaweed detritus is a major unknown in the global C-budget. Knowing the quantity of detritus produced, the form it takes (size) and its timing of delivery are key to understanding its role as a ...
    • Effects of human footprint and biophysical factors on the body-size structure of fished marine species 

      Bosch, Nestor E.; Monk, Jacquomo; Goetze, Jordan; Wilson, Shaun; Babcock, Russell C.; Barrett, Nevell S.; Clough, Jock; Currey-Randall, Leanne M.; Fairclough, David V.; Fisher, Rebecca; Gibbons, Brooke A.; Harasti, David; Harvey, Euan S.; Heupel, Michelle R.; Hicks, Jamie L.; Holmes, Thomas H.; Huveneers, Charlie; Ierodiaconou, Daniel; Jordan, Alan; Knott, Nathan A.; Malcolm, Hamish A.; McLean, Dianne; Meekan, Mark; Newman, Stephen J.; Radford, Ben; Rees, Matthew J.; Saunders, Benjamin J.; Speed, Conrad W.; Travers, Michael J.; Wakefield, Corey B.; Wernberg, Thomas; Langlois, Tim J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Marine fisheries in coastal ecosystems in many areas of the world have historically removed large-bodied individuals, potentially impairing ecosystem functioning and the long-term sustainability of fish populations. Reporting ...
    • Future trajectories of change for an Arctic deep-sea ecosystem connected to coastal kelp forests 

      Vilas, Daniel; Coll, Marta; Pedersen, Torstein; Corrales, Xavier; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Environmental stressors related to climate change and other anthropogenic activities are impacting Arctic marine ecosystems at exceptional rates. Within this context, predicting future scenarios of deep-sea ecosystems and ...
    • Genomic consequences and selection efficacy in sympatric sexual versus asexual kelps 

      Vranken, Sofie; Scheben, Armin; Batley, Jacqueline; Wernberg, Thomas; Coleman, Melinda Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Genetic diversity can influence resilience and adaptative capacity of organisms to environmental change. Genetic diversity within populations is largely structured by reproduction, with the prevalence of asexual versus ...
    • Genotypic variation in response to extreme events may facilitate kelp adaptation under future climates 

      Alsuwaiyan, Nahlah A.; Vranken, Sofie; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Cambridge, Marion; Coleman, Melinda A.; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Marine heatwaves (MHWs) have caused declines in many kelp forests globally. Although the ecological effects of these climatic extremes have been well examined, studies on the role of genotypic variation in underpinning ...
    • Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests 

      Duarte, Carlos M.; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Hancke, Kasper; Gundersen, Hege; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Pedersen, Morten Foldager; Middelburg, J.J.; Burrows, Michael T.; Krumhansl, Kira A.; Wernberg, Thomas; Moore, Pippa J.; Pessarrodona, Albert; Ørberg, Sarah; Pinto, Isabel Sousa; Assis, Jorge; Queirós, Ana M.; Smale, Dan A; Bekkby, Trine; Serrão, Ester A.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Macroalgal habitats are believed to be the most extensive and productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems. In stark contrast to the growing attention on their contribution to carbon export and sequestration, understanding ...
    • Global seaweed productivity 

      Pessarrodona, Albert; Assis, Jorge; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Burrows, Michael T.; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Duarte, Carlos M.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Moore, Pippa J.; Smale, Dan A.; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The magnitude and distribution of net primary production (NPP) in the coastal ocean remains poorly constrained, particularly for shallow marine vegetation. Here, using a compilation of in situ annual NPP measurements across ...
    • Global seaweed productivity 

      Pessarrodona, Albert; Assis, Jorge; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Burrows, Michael T.; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Duarte, Carlos M.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Moore, Pippa J.; Smale, Dan A.; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The magnitude and distribution of net primary production (NPP) in the coastal ocean remains poorly constrained, particularly for shallow marine vegetation. Here, using a compilation of in situ annual NPP measurements across ...
    • Grazers extend blue carbon transfer by slowing sinking speeds of kelp detritus 

      Wernberg, Thomas; Filbee-Dexter, Karen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Marine plant communities such as kelp forests produce significant amounts of detritus, most of which is exported to areas where it can constitute an important trophic subsidy or potentially be sequestered in marine sediments. ...
    • Green gravel as a vector of dispersal for kelp restoration 

      Alsuwaiyan, Nahlah A.; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Vranken, Sofie; Burkholz, Celina; Cambridge, Marion; Coleman, Melinda A.; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Kelp forests are experiencing substantial declines due to climate change, particularly ocean warming and marine heatwaves, and active interventions are necessary to halt this decline. A new restoration approach termed ...
    • Green gravel: a novel restoration tool to combat kelp forests decline. 

      Fredriksen, Stein; Filbee-Dekster, Karen; Norderhaug, K.M.; Steen, Henning; Bodvin, Torjan; Coleman, M.A; Moy, Fritjjof; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Kelp forests are in decline globally and large-scale intervention could be required to halt the loss of these valuable ecosystems. To date kelp forest restoration has had limited success and been expensive and unable to ...
    • Habitat configurations shape the trophic and energetic dynamics of reef fishes in a tropical–temperate transition zone: implications under a warming future 

      Bosch, Nestor E.; Pessarrodona, Albert; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Tuya, Fernando; Mulders, Yannick; Bell, Sahira; Langlois, Tim; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Understanding the extent to which species’ traits mediate patterns of community assembly is key to predict the effect of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on ecosystem functioning. Here, we apply a trait-based community ...
    • High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef 

      Pessarrodona, Albert; Tebbett, Sterling B.; Bosch, Nestor E.; Bellwood, David R.; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Algal turfs are expected to increasingly dominate the benthos of coral reefs in the Anthropocene, becoming important sources of reef productivity. The sediments trapped within algal turfs are known to determine turf condition ...
    • Homogenization and miniaturization of habitat structure in temperate marine forests 

      Pessarrodona, Albert; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Alcoverro, Teresa; Boada, Jordi; Feehan, Colette J.; Fredriksen, Stein; Grace, Sean P.; Nakamura, Yohei; Narvaez, Carla A.; Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus; Wernberg, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Humans are rapidly transforming the structural configuration of the planet's ecosystems, but these changes and their ecological consequences remain poorly quantified in underwater habitats. Here, we show that the loss of ...
    • Host genotype and microbiome associations in co-occurring clonal and non-clonal kelp, Ecklonia radiata 

      Vadillo Gonzalez, Sebastian; Vranken, Sofie; Coleman, Melinda A.; Wernberg, Thomas; Steinberg, Peter D.; Marzinelli, Ezequiel M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A fundamental question in holobiont biology is the extent to which microbiomes are determined by host characteristics regulated by their genotype. Studies on the interactions of host genotype and microbiomes are emerging ...