Antonella C Almeida-Saá, Schery Umanzor, Jose Antonio Zertuche-González, Ricardo Cruz-López, Raquel Muñiz-Salazar, Alejandra Ferreira-Arrieta, Paula Bonet Melià, Jessica Anayansi García-Pantoja, Laura K Rangel-Mendoza, Manuel Vivanco-Bercovich, Leonardo Ruiz-Montoya, Jose Manuel Guzmán-Calderón, Jose Miguel Sandoval-Gil
Kelp communities are experiencing exacerbated heat-related impacts from more intense, frequent, and deeper marine heatwaves (MHWs), imperiling the long-term survival of kelp forests in the climate change scenario. The occurrence of deep thermal anomalies is of critical importance, as elevated temperatures can impact kelp populations across their entire bathymetric range. This study evaluates the impact of MHWs on mature sporophytes of Pterygophora californica (walking kelp) from the bathymetric extremes (8-10 vs...
January 24, 2024: Journal of Phycology