Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate
and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of …

Unlike most previously reported kelp forest, which exhibit long—term persistence over large
spatial scales, the kelp forest community on the west end of San Nicolas Island, California, …

The subtidal (10—15 m) assemblage in the relatively sheltered giant kelp forest at Stillwater
Cove in Carmel Bay, California, consists of perennial species forming three major vertical …

The community structure of Jamaican coral reefs has undergone drastic change since mass
mortalities of the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi occurred in 1983…

Spatial and temporal variation in dispersal and recruitment of the kelps Macrocystis pyrifera
and Pterygophora californica and of filamentous brown algae (FBA) consisting primarily of …

Climate models predict a dramatic increase in the annual frequency and severity of extreme
weather events during the next century. Here we show that increases in the annual …

Recruitment from newly settled propagules is an important process in the population
dynamics of many species especially those living in highly disturbed areas and subjected to …

Invasive species and bottom‐water hypoxia both constitute major global threats to the
diversity and integrity of marine ecosystems. These stressors may interact with unexpected …

Hypoxia has occurred intermittently over the Holocene in the Baltic Sea, but the recent
expansion from less than 10 000 km 2 before 1950 to >60 000 km 2 since 2000 is mainly caused …

We took advantage of regional differences in environmental forcing and consumer abundance
to examine the relative importance of nutrient availability (bottom‐up), grazing pressure (…