Persistence of seaweed forests in the anthropocene will depend on warming and marine heatwave profiles

• Main Authors: Straub, Sandra C., Wernberg, Thomas, Marzinelli, Ezequiel Miguel, Vergés, Adriana, Kelaher, Brendan P., Coleman, Melinda A.
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Climate Change; Ecklonia Radiata
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164030
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Marine heatwaves (MHWs), discrete periods of extreme warm water temperatures superimposed onto persistent ocean warming, have increased in frequency and significantly disrupted marine ecosystems. While field observations on the ecological consequences of MHWs are growing, a mechanistic understanding...