Ecological Feedbacks Stabilize a Turf-Dominated Ecosystem At the Southern Extent of Kelp Forests in the Northwest Atlantic

• Main Authors: Feehan, Colette, Grace, Sean P., Narvaez, Carla A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2019
• Subjects: Biology; Life Sciences; Holdfast; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/biology-facpubs/271; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43536-5Final; https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/context/biology-facpubs/article/1271/viewcontent/Ecological_feedbacks_stabilize_a_turf_dominated.pdf

Temperate marine ecosystems globally are undergoing regime shifts from dominance by habitat-forming kelps to dominance by opportunistic algal turfs. While the environmental drivers of shifts to turf are generally well-documented, the feedback mechanisms that stabilize novel turf-dominated ecosystems...