Marine ecosystems research

Marine ecosystems are vital components of the biosphere, providing numerous ecosystem services, but are also under significant pressures due to global change.

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Kelpwatch: A new visualization and analysis tool to explore kelp canopy dynamics reveals variable response to and recovery from marine heatwaves

PLOS One

High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch

PLOS Biology

Bleaching, mortality and lengthy recovery on the coral reefs of Lord Howe Island. The 2019 marine heatwave suggests an uncertain future for high-latitude ecosystems VSports注册入口.

PLOS Climate

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Evaluation of sea turtle morbidity and mortality within the Indian Ocean from 12 years of data shows high prevalence of ghost net entanglement

PLOS One

Thermal optima in the hypoxia tolerance of marine ectotherms: Physiological causes and biogeographic consequences

PLOS Biology

Southern Ocean food-webs and climate change: A short review and future directions

PLOS Climate

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PLOS Sustainability and Transformation

Coral reefs, cloud forests and radical climate interventions in Australia’s Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef

PLOS Climate

A comparison of biomonitoring methodologies for surf zone fish communities

PLOS One

Changes in sea floor productivity are crucial to understanding the impact of climate change in temperate coastal ecosystems according to a new size-based model

PLOS Biology

Modelling microplastic bioaccumulation and biomagnification potential in the Galápagos penguin ecosystem using Ecopath and Ecosim (EwE) with Ecotracer

PLOS One

A nature-based solutions approach to managing shrimp aquaculture effluent

PLOS Sustainability and Transformation

Climate-sargassum interactions across scales in the tropical Atlantic

PLOS Climate

Life history optimisation drives latitudinal gradients and responses to global change in marine fishes

PLOS Biology

Maximising sustainable nutrient production from coupled fisheries-aquaculture systems

PLOS Sustainability and Transformation

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