Biodiversity of Kelp Forests and Coralline Algae Habitats in Southwestern Greenland

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Kathryn M. Schoenrock, Johanne Vad, Arley Muth, Danni M. Pearce, Brice R. Rea, J. Edward Schofield, Nicholas A. Kamenos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: arctic; carbon sink; rhodolith beds; marine assemblages; climate change; Saccharina longicruris; ecosystem engineer; ecology; fisheries; food-web; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d10040117; https://doaj.org/article/0ed8c92244d247fdb865572812f7e921

All marine communities in Greenland are experiencing rapid environmental change, and to understand the effects on those structured by seaweeds, baseline records are vital. The kelp and coralline algae habitats along Greenland’s coastlines are rarely studied, and we fill this knowledge gap for the ar...