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

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Nora Diehl, Michael Y. Roleda, Inka Bartsch, Ulf Karsten, Kai Bischof
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: Fv/Fm; growth; kelp; latitudes; marine heatwave; Saccharina latissima; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Helgoland; Bergen; Bodø; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.695821; https://doaj.org/article/5ce41f33cd5244c09db7d723645e82d7

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...