Predicting the impacts of climate change on New Zealand’s seaweed-based ecosystems

Multi-indicator ‘state space’ approach to assessing changes in shallow urban reef ecosystem health

(2023) Ohad Peleg et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Spectral light quality on the seabed matters for macroalgal community composition at the extremities of light limitation

(2023) François Thoral et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

The role of irradiance in controlling coralline algal calcification

(2023) Erik C. Krieger et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Seasonal trends in marine heatwaves highlight vulnerable coastal ecoregions and historic change points in New Zealand

(2023) Shinae Montie et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Long‐term community shifts driven by local extinction of an iconic foundation species following an extreme marine heatwave

(2023) Shinae Montie et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Emergence of the subtropical sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii as a threat to kelp forest ecosystems in northern New Zealand

(2023) Celia A. Balemi et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

pH variability at volcanic CO 2 seeps regulates coral calcifying fluid chemistry

(2022) Steeve Comeau et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Coralline photosynthetic physiology across a steep light gradient

(2022) Hang T. T. Nguyen et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions

(2022) Aaron M. Eger et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Unravelling seasonal trends in coastal marine heatwave metrics across global biogeographical realms

(2022) François Thoral et al.   Scientific Reports

The efficiency and effectiveness of different sea urchin removal methods for kelp forest restoration

(2022) Kelsey I. Miller et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves

(2022) Kathryn E. Smith et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Effect of temperature on sporulation and spore development of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

(2022) Duong M. Le et al.   PLoS One

Water motion and pH jointly impact the availability of dissolved inorganic carbon to macroalgae

(2022) Rebecca K. James et al.   Scientific Reports

Introduced alien, range extension or just visiting? Combining citizen science observations and expert knowledge to classify range dynamics of marine fishes

(2021) Irene Middleton et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Natural CO 2 seeps reveal adaptive potential to ocean acidification in fish

(2021) Natalia Petit‐Marty et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming

(2021) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cascading impacts of earthquakes and extreme heatwaves have destroyed populations of an iconic marine foundation species

(2021) Mads S. Thomsen et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Homogenization and miniaturization of habitat structure in temperate marine forests

(2021) Albert Pessarrodona et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Coastal darkening substantially limits the contribution of kelp to coastal carbon cycles

(2021) Caitlin O. Blain et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The population genetic structure of the urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in New Zealand with links to Australia

(2021) L. J. Thomas et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Low irradiance amplifies negative effects of ocean acidification on recruitment of coralline algae communities

(2021) A Kluibenschedl et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Understanding coralline algal responses to ocean acidification: Meta‐analysis and synthesis

(2021) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Heterogeneity around CO2 vents obscures the effects of ocean acidification on shallow reef communities

(2021) Caitlin O Blain et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities

(2021) Kathryn E. Smith et al.   SCIENCE

Modelling the effect of land management interventions and climate change on sediment loads in the Manawatū–Whanganui region

(2020) Les Basher et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Marine deforestation leads to widespread loss of ecosystem function

(2020) Matthew Edwards et al.   PLoS One

Green gravel: a novel restoration tool to combat kelp forest decline

(2020) Stein Fredriksen et al.   Scientific Reports

Natural history footage provides new reef fish biodiversity information for a pristine but rarely visited archipelago

(2020) Libby Liggins et al.   Scientific Reports

Earthquake-driven destruction of an intertidal habitat cascade

(2020) Mads S. Thomsen et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Assessing the Eutrophic Susceptibility of New Zealand Estuaries

(2020) David R. Plew et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Nutrient enrichment offsets the effects of low light on growth of the kelp Ecklonia radiata

(2020) Caitlin O. Blain et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Differential response of forest-forming seaweeds to elevated turbidity may facilitate ecosystem shifts on temperate reefs

(2020) CO Blain et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Key Principles for Managing Recovery of Kelp Forests through Restoration

(2020) Rebecca L Morris et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Unparalleled coupled ocean-atmosphere summer heatwaves in the New Zealand region: drivers, mechanisms and impacts

(2020) M. James Salinger et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Restore or Redefine: Future Trajectories for Restoration

(2020) Melinda Ann Coleman et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Inorganic carbon uptake strategies in coralline algae: Plasticity across evolutionary lineages under ocean acidification and warming

(2020) Ellie Bergstrom et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Remnant kelp bed refugia and future phase-shifts under ocean acidification

(2020) Scott D. Ling et al.   PLoS One

Local Scale Thermal Environment and Limited Gene Flow Indicates Vulnerability of Warm Edge Populations in a Habitat Forming Macroalga

(2020) Jennifer S. Clark et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

From ‘clean and green’ to ‘brown and down’: A synthesis of historical changes to biodiversity and marine ecosystems in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

(2020) Stephen C. Urlich et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

(2019) Dan A. Smale et al.   Nature Climate Change

Seasonal and spatial variation in photosynthetic response of the kelp Ecklonia radiata across a turbidity gradient

(2019) Caitlin O. Blain et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Challenges to traditional management of connected ecosystems within a fractured regulatory landscape: A case study from southern New Zealand

(2019) Christopher D. Hepburn et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Integrating within-species variation in thermal physiology into climate change ecology

(2019) Scott Bennett et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of ocean warming on kelp forest ecosystems

(2019) Dan A. Smale   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Flow-driven micro-scale pH variability affects the physiology of corals and coralline algae under ocean acidification

(2019) S. Comeau et al.   Scientific Reports

High diversity of coralline algae in New Zealand revealed: Knowledge gaps and implications for future research

(2019) Brenton A. Twist et al.   PLoS One

The role of local environmental changes on maerl and its associated non-calcareous epiphytic flora in the Bay of Brest

(2018) Zujaila Nohemy Qui-Minet et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change-A review

(2018) Philip W. Boyd et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Categorizing and Naming Marine Heatwaves

(2018) Alistair Hobday et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

(2018) Eric C. J. Oliver et al.   Nature Communications

Marine heatwaves under global warming

(2018) Thomas L. Frölicher et al.   NATURE

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Copper pollution exacerbates the effects of ocean acidification and warming on kelp microscopic early life stages

(2018) Pablo P. Leal et al.   Scientific Reports

Coralline algae elevate pH at the site of calcification under ocean acidification

(2017) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The role of kelp species as biogenic habitat formers in coastal marine ecosystems

(2017) Harry Teagle et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Ocean acidification and kelp development: Reduced pH has no negative effects on meiospore germination and gametophyte development of Macrocystis pyrifera and Undaria pinnatifida

(2017) Pablo P. Leal et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Importance of the invasive macroalga Undaria pinnatifida as trophic subsidy for a beach consumer

(2017) Rocío Suárez-Jiménez et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Climate change projections for the surface ocean around New Zealand

(2017) Cliff S. Law et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Light dose versus rate of delivery: implications for macroalgal productivity

(2017) Matthew J. Desmond et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Evolutionary consequences of multidriver environmental change in an aquatic primary producer

(2017) Georgina L. Brennan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Low recruitment due to altered settlement substrata as primary constraint for coral communities under ocean acidification

(2017) Katharina E. Fabricius et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Coral calcification in a changing World and the interactive dynamics of pH and DIC upregulation

(2017) Malcolm T. McCulloch et al.   Nature Communications

Half a century of coastal temperature records reveal complex warming trends in western boundary currents

(2017) Nick T. Shears et al.   Scientific Reports

Cryptic speciation in pan-tropical sea urchins: a case study of an edge-of-range population of Tripneustes from the Kermadec Islands

(2017) Omri Bronstein et al.   Scientific Reports

Forgotten underwater forests: The key role of fucoids on Australian temperate reefs

(2017) Melinda A. Coleman et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Consistent multi-level trophic effects of marine reserve protection across northern New Zealand

(2017) Graham J. Edgar et al.   PLoS One

Inorganic carbon physiology underpins macroalgal responses to elevated CO2

(2017) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   Scientific Reports

Biological responses to environmental heterogeneity under future ocean conditions

(2016) Philip W. Boyd et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Controlling inputs from the land to sea: limit-setting, cumulative impacts and ki uta ki tai

(2016) David R. Schiel et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Long-term empirical evidence of ocean warming leading to tropicalization of fish communities, increased herbivory, and loss of kelp

(2016) Adriana Vergés et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem

(2016) T. Wernberg et al.   SCIENCE

Coralline algal physiology is more adversely affected by elevated temperature than reduced pH

(2016) Román Manuel Vásquez-Elizondo et al.   Scientific Reports

Food supply confers calcifiers resistance to ocean acidification

(2016) Laura Ramajo et al.   Scientific Reports

Phylogeography of the Lessonia variegata species complex (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) in New Zealand

(2016) Giuseppe C. Zuccarello et al.   ALGAE

Effects of Ocean Acidification on Population Dynamics and Community Structure of Crustose Coralline Algae

(2016) Alexandra Ordoñez et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Impacts of local and global stressors in intertidal habitats: Influence of altered nutrient, sediment and temperature levels on the early life history of three habitat-forming macroalgae

(2015) T. Alestra et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Restricted use of nitrate and a strong preference for ammonium reflects the nitrogen ecophysiology of a light-limited red alga

(2015) Daniel W. Pritchard et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Canopy macroalgae influence understorey corallines’ metabolic control of near-surface pH and oxygen concentration

(2015) CE Cornwall et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

When seaweeds go bad: an overview of outbreaks of nuisance quantities of marine macroalgae in New Zealand

(2015) WA Nelson et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Effects of ocean acidification on the photosynthetic performance, carbonic anhydrase activity and growth of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

(2015) Pamela A. Fernández et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Effect of Ocean Acidification and pH Fluctuations on the Growth and Development of Coralline Algal Recruits, and an Associated Benthic Algal Assemblage

(2015) Michael Y. Roleda et al.   PLoS One

Ocean acidification alters fish populations indirectly through habitat modification

(2015) Ivan Nagelkerken et al.   Nature Climate Change

Saturating light and not increased carbon dioxide under ocean acidification drives photosynthesis and growth inUlva rigida(Chlorophyta)

(2015) Ralf Rautenberger et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Canopy macroalgae influence understorey corallines’ metabolic control of near-surface pH and oxygen concentration

(2015) CE Cornwall et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Management of Local Stressors Can Improve the Resilience of Marine Canopy Algae to Global Stressors

(2015) Elisabeth M. A. Strain et al.   PLoS One

Light Limitation within Southern New Zealand Kelp Forest Communities

(2015) Matthew J. Desmond et al.   PLoS One

In situ changes of tropical crustose coralline algae along carbon dioxide gradients

(2015) K. E. Fabricius et al.   Scientific Reports

Identifying the interacting roles of stressors in driving the global loss of canopy-forming to mat-forming algae in marine ecosystems

(2014) Elisabeth M. A. Strain et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems

(2014) Amanda E. Bates et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Effects of irradiance on the response of the coral Acropora pulchra and the calcifying alga Hydrolithon reinboldii to temperature elevation and ocean acidification

(2014) Steeve Comeau et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Fast coral reef calcifiers are more sensitive to ocean acidification in short-term laboratory incubations

(2014) S. Comeau et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Growth response of an early successional assemblage of coralline algae and benthic diatoms to ocean acidification

(2014) Rebecca K. James et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Effects of algal turfs and sediment accumulation on replenishment and primary productivity of fucoid assemblages

(2014) T Alestra et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing

(2014) S. D. Ling et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Towards Restoration of Missing Underwater Forests

(2014) Alexandra H. Campbell et al.   PLoS One

Diffusion Boundary Layers Ameliorate the Negative Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Temperate Coralline Macroalga Arthrocardia corymbosa

(2014) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   PLoS One

The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts

(2014) A. Verges et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Interactions between global and local stressors of ecosystems determine management effectiveness in cumulative impact mapping

(2013) Christopher J. Brown et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Repopulation techniques for Macrocystis integrifolia (Phaeophyceae: Laminariales) in Atacama, Chile

(2013) Renato Westermeier et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Survival in low light: photosynthesis and growth of a red alga in relation to measured in situ irradiance

(2013) Daniel W. Pritchard et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Concentration boundary layers around complex assemblages of macroalgae: Implications for the effects of ocean acidification on understory coralline algae

(2013) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Impacts of near future sea surface pH and temperature conditions on fertilisation and embryonic development in Centrostephanus rodgersii from northern New Zealand and northern New South Wales, Australia

(2013) D. Pecorino et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Phenological Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

(2013) Lynda E. Chambers et al.   PLoS One

Diurnal fluctuations in seawater pH influence the response of a calcifying macroalga to ocean acidification

(2013) C. E. Cornwall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Managing Local Coastal Stressors to Reduce the Ecological Effects of Ocean Acidification and Warming

(2013) Giulia Ghedini et al.   Water

Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions

(2012) Christopher Doropoulos et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Climate change and ocean acidification effects on seagrasses and marine macroalgae

(2012) Marguerite Koch et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLOBAL SEAWEED COMMUNITIES

(2012) Christopher D. G. Harley et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

(2012) David U. Hooper et al.   NATURE

Is bull-kelp kelp? The role of common names in science

(2012) CI Fraser   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Ocean acidification causes ecosystem shifts via altered competitive interactions

(2012) Kristy J. Kroeker et al.   Nature Climate Change

An extreme climatic event alters marine ecosystem structure in a global biodiversity hotspot

(2012) Thomas Wernberg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Integrated Land-Sea Conservation Planning: The Missing Links

(2011) Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Photosynthetic response of monospecific macroalgal stands to density

(2011) DK Richards et al.   Aquatic Biology

Diversity of carbon use strategies in a kelp forest community: implications for a high CO2 ocean

(2011) C. D. HEPBURN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Metabolically induced pH fluctuations by some coastal calcifiers exceed projected 22nd century ocean acidification: a mechanism for differential susceptibility?

(2011) Catriona L. Hurd et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania

(2011) Craig R. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

CARBON-USE STRATEGIES IN MACROALGAE: DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES TO LOWERED PH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION1

(2011) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Calcified macroalgae - critical to coastal ecosystems and vulnerable to change: a review

(2011) W. A. Nelson   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Nitrogen yields from New Zealand coastal catchments to receiving estuaries

(2010) Keira Heggie et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Marine calcifiers exhibit mixed responses to CO2-induced ocean acidification

(2009) J. B. Ries et al.   GEOLOGY

TESTING THE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON ALGAL METABOLISM: CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS1

(2009) Catriona L. Hurd et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Feeding Preferences of the AbaloneHaliotis irisin Relation to Macroalgal Species, Attachment, Accessibility and Water Movement

(2009) Christopher E. Cornwall et al.   JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH

Density, biomass and productivity of small mobile invertebrates in a wide range of coastal habitats

(2009) A Cowles et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift

(2009) S. D. Ling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2Problem

(2008) Scott C. Doney et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Climate-driven range extension of a sea urchin: inferring future trends by analysis of recent population dynamics

(2008) S. D. LING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mass mortality in Northwestern Mediterranean rocky benthic communities: effects of the 2003 heat wave

(2008) J. GARRABOU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF WATER MOTION ON NITROGEN UPTAKE BY THE SUBTIDAL MACROALGAADAMSIELLA CHAUVINII(RHODOPHYTA) IN WINTER AND SUMMER

(2008) Louise T. Kregting et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Recovering a lost baseline: missing kelp forests from a metropolitan coast

(2008) SD Connell et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification

(2008) Jason M. Hall-Spencer et al.   NATURE

Range expansion of a habitat-modifying species leads to loss of taxonomic diversity: a new and impoverished reef state

(2008) S. D. Ling   OECOLOGIA