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Marine Heatwave Drives Cryptic Loss of Genetic Diversity in Underwater Forests

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Effects of increasing water temperatures on survival and growth of ecologically and economically important seaweeds in Atlantic Canada: implications for climate change

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

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Decreasing resilience of kelp beds along a latitudinal temperature gradient: potential implications for a warmer future

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Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning of North European rocky shores 

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

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Integrating ecology with biogeography using landscape characteristics: a case study of subtidal habitat across continental Australia

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