Marine and coastal plant biology

The paper quantifies thermal buffering by intertidal macroalgae, showing that species, cover, tidal level, and solar exposure significantly influence microclimate temperatures.

The paper evaluates kelp restoration strategies under environmental variability, finding grazing intensity and introduction life stages most influence outcomes.

This study compares local and wide genetic crosses in kelp to assess breeding effectiveness without introducing foreign genetic material.

The paper identifies 81 taxa in the Venice Lagoon using morphological and molecular methods, finding non-indigenous Sporobolus anglicus more prevalent than native S. maritimus.

The paper uses synthetic data generated from a mechanistic model to train deep learning networks that classify seagrass meadow resilience from spatial patterns, showing effective generalization to real-world data.

The paper shows that seagrass plants collected later showed better thermal tolerance and less transcriptomic change under heat stress, linked to ocean warming.

The paper resolves taxonomic uncertainty by showing that Monostroma balticum is a morphotype of Ulva intestinalis using molecular and morphological analysis of historical and contemporary specimens.

This study compares biomass partitioning patterns between kelp and land plants, finding similar interspecific scaling relationships despite different developmental and biomechanical constraints.

This study shows high ammonium reduces growth and thermal optimum in Codium cylindricum by suppressing nitrate transporters and altering pigment accumulation.

This study investigates molecular acclimatisation differences between transplanted and natural seagrass plants, finding tissue-specific transcriptional changes and thermal stress responses.

This study demonstrates bidirectional hybridization between Ulva prolifera and U. linza, showing maternal and paternal chloroplast inheritance patterns and reproductive compatibility.

This study analyzes kelp forest dynamics in Argentina using satellite data from 1985 to 2023, finding significant positive trends in canopy area and potential climate influences.

The paper shows that annual life-history strategy in seagrass is linked to low-light adaptation through genetic coupling of SAPK7 and CAO genes.

The paper investigates the molecular basis of life stage identity and reproductive mode in kelp, showing asexual reproduction is conditional and suppressed by mating partners.

This study examines how temperature affects eelgrass growth and disease dynamics, showing that warming increases disease severity but grazing may have a greater impact on productivity.

The paper uses deep transfer learning with trophic priors to analyze nekton habitat use in the Gulf of Mexico, revealing how environmental gradients and seagrass structure influence species distribution.

This study investigates how light and nutrient changes affect DOC release and physiological responses in Zostera marina, showing increased DOC release under elevated light and nutrient enrichment.

The paper shows that specific bacteria influence growth, reproduction, and development in Saccharina latissima, with effects varying by sex.

This study evaluates MPA placement strategies for kelp forest resilience against heatwaves, finding that protecting refugia is not always optimal and that connectivity and spatiotemporal dynamics are critical.

This paper models seagrass meadow community assembly over 100 years, finding that most communities reach a unique endpoint, but some remain transient, and early monitoring cannot reliably predict final community composition.

The paper quantifies the sublethal effects of thermal stress on seagrass meadows using a new index, showing increased fragmentation and habitat loss despite temperatures below lethal thresholds.

This study examines the microbiome of eelgrass seeds, leaves, and roots across a salinity gradient, finding distinct microbial communities in seeds that may influence germination and ecosystem recovery.

This study examines how priming juvenile giant kelp with heat and nutrients improves resilience to marine heatwaves.

The paper investigates how two genetic variants of Sargassum adapt to heat and ocean fertilization, revealing metabolic and physiological traits that explain their growth and ecological success in the tropical Atlantic.

This study maps seagrass extent in the Gulf of Mexico and Northwestern Caribbean from 2019-2021 using satellite imagery, finding a 12.3% increase between 1987 and 2021.

This study quantifies how sea urchin consumption of kelp depends on drift algae density, finding that maintaining equal drift and kelp amounts prevents urchin grazing on live kelp.

The paper assesses the impact of marine heatwaves on kelp forests, finding range contraction and alternative states driven by ecological and human factors.

This study assesses the impact of a desalination plant's waste discharge on a marine grassland, finding no significant brine discharge effects but establishing a baseline for future monitoring.

This study experimentally assesses the impact of varying intensity marine heatwaves on three Mediterranean seagrass species in a near-natural mesocosm setup, revealing species- and season-dependent responses.