Shifts Between Sugar Kelp and Turf Algae in Norway: Regime Shifts or Fluctuations Between Different Opportunistic Seaweed Species?

Shifts Between Sugar Kelp and Turf Algae in Norway: Regime Shifts or Fluctuations Between Different Opportunistic Seaweed Species?

Around year 2000, sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) forests were observed to disappear in southern parts of Norway, being replaced by mats of turf algae (i.e., filamentous ephemeral algae) loaded with sediments. Among more than 600 stations covering 35 000 km of coastline, about 80% on the Skagerrak...

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Main Authors: Hartvig Christie, Guri S. Andersen, Trine Bekkby, Camilla W. Fagerli, Janne K. Gitmark, Hege Gundersen, Eli Rinde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
sugar kelp
turf algae
regime shift
flips back
opportunistic algae
eutrophication
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00072/full

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