Global seaweed productivity

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Pessarrodona, Albert, Assis, Jorge, Filbee-Dexter, Karen, Burrows, Michael T., Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Duarte, Carlos M., Krause-Jensen, Dorte, Moore, Pippa J., Smale, Dan A, Wernberg, Thomas
• Other Authors: Marine Science Program, Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia., CCMAR, CIMAR, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal., Institute of Marine Research, His, Norway., Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK., CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, 181 chemin du Lazaret, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France., Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, 27 rue Saint Guillaume, F-75007 Paris, France., Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark., Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark., The Dove Marine Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK., Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK., Roskilde University, Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2022
• Subjects: Bia; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/681467; https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn2465

The magnitude and distribution of net primary production (NPP) in the coastal ocean remains poorly constrained, particularly for shallow marine vegetation. Here, using a compilation of in situ annual NPP measurements across >400 sites in 72 geographic ecoregions, we provide global predictions of...