Summer Heatwave Impacts on the European Kelp Saccharina latissima Across Its Latitudinal Distribution Gradient

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Diehl, Nora, Roleda, Michael Y., Bartsch, Inka, Karsten, Ulf, Bischof, Kai
• Other Authors: Universität Bremen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Bergen; Bodø; Helgoland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.695821; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.695821/full

Kelps are important foundation species in coastal ecosystems currently experiencing pronounced shifts in their distribution patterns caused by ocean warming. While some populations found at species’ warm distribution edges have been recently observed to decline, expansions of some species have been...