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SUBMITTER: Krumhansl KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5137772 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krumhansl Kira A KA Okamoto Daniel K DK Rassweiler Andrew A Novak Mark M Bolton John J JJ Cavanaugh Kyle C KC Connell Sean D SD Johnson Craig R CR Konar Brenda B Ling Scott D SD Micheli Fiorenza F Norderhaug Kjell M KM Pérez-Matus Alejandro A Sousa-Pinto Isabel I Reed Daniel C DC Salomon Anne K AK Shears Nick T NT Wernberg Thomas T Anderson Robert J RJ Barrett Nevell S NS Buschmann Alejandro H AH Carr Mark H MH Caselle Jennifer E JE Derrien-Courtel Sandrine S Edgar Graham J GJ Edwards Matt M Estes James A JA Goodwin Claire C Kenner Michael C MC Kushner David J DJ Moy Frithjof E FE Nunn Julia J Steneck Robert S RS Vásquez Julio J Watson Jane J Witman Jon D JD Byrnes Jarrett E K JE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20161114 48
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 stressors, no comprehensive global analysis of change in kelp abundances currently exists. Here, we build and analyze a global database of kelp time series spanning the past half-century to assess region ...[more]