Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Krumhansl, K., Okamoto, D., Rassweiler, A., Novak, M., Bolton, J., Cavanaugh, K., Connell, S., Johnson, C., Konar, B., Ling, S., Micheli, F., Norderhaug, K., Pérez-Matus, A., Sousa-Pinto, I., Reed, D., Salomon, A., Shears, N., Wernberg, T., Anderson, R., Barrett, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2016
• Subjects: Laminariales; climate change; coastal ecosystems; global change; kelp forest; Arctic; Bolton; Novak; Kira; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/104615; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1606102113

Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate and Arctic seas worldwide, providing ecosystem services valued in the range of billions of dollars annually. Although local evidence suggests that kelp forests are increasingly threatened by a variety of str...