Differential effects of pollution on adult and recruits of a canopy-forming alga: implications for population viability under low pollutant levels

Abstract Marine macroalgal forests are highly productive and iconic ecosystems, which are seriously threatened by number of factors such as habitat destruction, overgrazing, ocean warming, and pollution. The effect of chronic, but low levels of pollutants on the long-term survival of the canopy-form...

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Main Authors: Sònia de Caralt, Jana Verdura, Alba Vergés, Enric Ballesteros, Emma Cebrian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73990-5