Kelps’ Long-Distance Dispersal: Role of Ecological/Oceanographic Processes and Implications to Marine Forest Conservation

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Manuela Bernardes Batista, Antônio Batista Anderson, Paola Franzan Sanches, Paulo Simionatto Polito, Thiago Cesar Lima Silveira, Gabriela M. Velez-Rubio, Fabrizio Scarabino, Olga Camacho, Caroline Schmitz, Ana Martinez, Leonardo Ortega, Graciela Fabiano, Mark D. Rothman, Gang Liu, Jaime Ojeda, Andrés Mansilla, Luis M. Barreto, Jorge Assis, Ester A. Serrão, Rui Santos, Paulo Antunes Horta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: Kelp rafts; marine migration; niche model; biogeography; upwelling; extratropical cyclone; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Stepping Stones; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d10010011; https://doaj.org/article/7358961b183c4c05b55592a7386b8de6

Long-distance dispersal is one of the main drivers structuring the distribution of marine biodiversity. This study reports the first occurrence of Macrocystis pyrifera and Durvillaea antarctica rafts on the southwestern warm temperate coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Our results indicate that an extreme...