Smaller plants in warmer water could have implications for future Kelp forests

Smaller plants in warmer water could have implications for future Kelp forests

Abstract Global warming is driving contraction of species’ ranges through migration and mortality at their warm edge. However, for most species more subtle, sub-lethal changes in performance will be a more ubiquitous response to the Anthropocene. It has been suggested that reduction in body size wil...

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Main Authors: Thomas Wernberg, Karen Filbee-Dexter, Thibaut de Bettignies, Jean-Charles Leclerc, Dominique Davoult, Laurent Lévêque, Hartvig C. Christie, David C. Dyer, Robert J. Anderson, Mark D. Rothman, John J. Bolton, Kjell Magnus Norderhaug, Albertus J. Smit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Climate change and ocean warming
Laminaria
Habitat cascades
Body size
Morphology
Bergman’s rule
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-13950-z
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