New research shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging 'chemical warfare' to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming coast. As the ocean warms across its temperate ...

As kelp forests decline in the warming coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine, turf algae – dense mats of red algae replacing kelp in many regions – may chemically interfere with kelp recovery, a new ...

While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that in the presence of ocean acidification, feedback loops keep degraded turf algal states stabilized, inhibiting the recruitment of coral and other ...

ABSTRACT: Closely cropped algal turfs support key ecosystem functions on healthy coral-dominated reefs, yet how this important reef component is affected by sedimentation, a key stressor on reefs ...

While kelp forests persist along northern Maine's rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have moved in ...

Researchers have found that ocean acidification limits algal communities to a state of low diversity and complexity. Communities grown in waters rich in carbon dioxide (CO2) were dominated by turf ...

Cayne Layton, Matthew J. Cameron, Victor Shelamoff, Pamela A. Fernández, Damon Britton, Catriona L. Hurd, Jeffrey T. Wright, Craig R. Johnson https://www.jstor.org ...

An exceptionally large coral—a structure made up of small marine animals and calcium carbonate—discovered in the Great Barrier Reef is described in Scientific Reports this week. It is the widest and ...

Photo courtesy of UGA CAESNostoc is a jelly-like substance with multiple common names like star jelly and witch’s butter. In its hydrated, gelatinous, green state, it can be a safety hazard. Slippery ...