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View article: 40 priority questions to advance understanding of the risks and opportunities of UK marine heatwaves
40 priority questions to advance understanding of the risks and opportunities of UK marine heatwaves Open
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are periods of anomalously warm sea temperatures that are becoming increasingly recognised as ocean stressors. Globally, MHWs have impacted marine ecosystems, with significant socioeconomic implications for coastal …
View article: Is it Bigger than a Breadbox: Efficient Cardinality Estimation for Real World Workloads
Is it Bigger than a Breadbox: Efficient Cardinality Estimation for Real World Workloads Open
DB engines produce efficient query execution plans by relying on cost models. Practical implementations estimate cardinality of queries using heuristics, with magic numbers tuned to improve average performance on benchmarks. Empirically, e…
View article: Your Build Scripts Stink: The State of Code Smells in Build Scripts
Your Build Scripts Stink: The State of Code Smells in Build Scripts Open
Build scripts automate the process of compiling source code, managing dependencies, running tests, and packaging software into deployable artifacts. These scripts are ubiquitous in modern software development pipelines for streamlining tes…
View article: Intra‐ and Inter‐Decadal Scale Variability in Kelp Population Structure Reveal Both Stability and Decline in a Critical Foundation Species
Intra‐ and Inter‐Decadal Scale Variability in Kelp Population Structure Reveal Both Stability and Decline in a Critical Foundation Species Open
Aim Kelp forests support high biodiversity, primary productivity and ecosystem service value but exhibit high levels of spatiotemporal variability, which can complicate management and conservation efforts. A better understanding of multisc…
View article: Insights from systematic conservation planning of an MPA network for all European seas
Insights from systematic conservation planning of an MPA network for all European seas Open
We have prepared standardised data layers to design an ecologically coherent network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) for all European seas (including Exclusive Economic Zones and Mediterranean and Baltic High Seas). The map layers include …
View article: Warming and cooling catalyse widespread temporal turnover in biodiversity
Warming and cooling catalyse widespread temporal turnover in biodiversity Open
Turnover in species composition through time is a dominant form of biodiversity change, which has profound effects on the functioning of ecological communities1-4. Turnover rates differ markedly among communities4, but the drivers of this …
View article: Risk Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms in Salmon Farming: Scotland as a Case Study
Risk Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms in Salmon Farming: Scotland as a Case Study Open
This study explored harmful algal bloom (HAB) risk as a function of exposure, hazard and vulnerability, using Scotland as a case study. Exposure was defined as the fish biomass estimated to be lost from a bloom event, based on the total re…
View article: Sustainable seaweed aquaculture and climate change in the North Atlantic: challenges and opportunities
Sustainable seaweed aquaculture and climate change in the North Atlantic: challenges and opportunities Open
Seaweed aquaculture is gaining traction globally as a solution to many climate issues. However, seaweeds themselves are also under threat of anthropogenically driven climate change. Here, we summarize climate-related challenges to the seaw…
View article: Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature‐driven community shifts
Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature‐driven community shifts Open
Rising global temperatures are often identified as the key driver impacting ecosystems and the services they provide by affecting biodiversity structure and function. A disproportionate amount of our understanding of biodiversity and funct…
View article: Predicted ecological consequences of wave energy extraction and climate-related changes in wave exposure on rocky shore communities
Predicted ecological consequences of wave energy extraction and climate-related changes in wave exposure on rocky shore communities Open
Wave energy has the potential to contribute in the transition to decarbonized electricity generation. Extracting wave energy might be expected to have ecological impacts on rocky shore intertidal communities where exposure is one of the mo…
View article: Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species
Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species Open
With increasingly intense marine heatwaves affecting nearshore regions, foundation species are coming under increasing stress. To better understand their impacts, we examine responses of critical, habitat-forming foundation species (macroa…
View article: Mechanistic simulations of kelp populations in a dynamic landscape of light, temperature, and winter storms
Mechanistic simulations of kelp populations in a dynamic landscape of light, temperature, and winter storms Open
Kelp forests are widely distributed across the coastal ocean, support high levels of biodiversity and primary productivity, and underpin a range of ecosystem services. Laminaria hyperborea is a forest-forming kelp species in the Northeast …
View article: The universal evolutionary and ecological significance of 20 oC
The universal evolutionary and ecological significance of 20 oC Open
We connect evidence that 20 °C is the most stable temperature for cellular processes with macroecological observations. Examples show that temperatures warmer than ~20 °C result in decreases in: aquatic species’ tolerance to low oxygen; ma…
View article: The relationship between salmon (Salmo salar) farming and cell abundance of harmful algal taxa
The relationship between salmon (Salmo salar) farming and cell abundance of harmful algal taxa Open
The effects of nutrient effluents from fish cage aquaculture are an important eutrophication concern. It has been proposed that marine fish farm derived nutrients have the potential to increase phytoplankton abundance and lead to intensifi…
View article: Seasonal and spatial variability in rates of primary production and detritus release by intertidal stands of <i>Laminaria digitata</i> and <i>Saccharina latissima</i> on wave‐exposed shores in the northeast Atlantic
Seasonal and spatial variability in rates of primary production and detritus release by intertidal stands of <i>Laminaria digitata</i> and <i>Saccharina latissima</i> on wave‐exposed shores in the northeast Atlantic Open
Coastal habitats are increasingly recognized as fundamentally important components of global carbon cycles, but the rates of carbon flow associated with marine macrophytes are not well resolved for many species in many regions. We quantifi…
View article: Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts
Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts Open
Earth’s biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat loss, many of which are exacerbated by climate change. Here, we …
View article: Applying landscape metrics to species distribution model predictions to characterize internal range structure and associated changes
Applying landscape metrics to species distribution model predictions to characterize internal range structure and associated changes Open
Distributional shifts in species ranges provide critical evidence of ecological responses to climate change. Assessments of climate‐driven changes typically focus on broad‐scale range shifts (e.g. poleward or upward), with ecological conse…
View article: Shoreline sentinels of global change show the consequences of extreme events
Shoreline sentinels of global change show the consequences of extreme events Open
Anthropogenic climate change along with the more frequent extreme weather it prompts, are having direct and indirect effects on distributions and abundance of species with consequence for community structure-especially if habitat providers…
View article: Global seaweed productivity
Global seaweed productivity Open
The magnitude and distribution of net primary production (NPP) in the coastal ocean remains poorly constrained, particularly for shallow marine vegetation. Here, using a compilation of in situ annual NPP measurements across >400 sites in 7…
View article: Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves
Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves Open
Climatic extremes are becoming increasingly common against a background trend of global warming. In the oceans, marine heatwaves (MHWs)—discrete periods of anomalously warm water—have intensified and become more frequent over the past cent…
View article: Kelp carbon sink potential decreases with warming due to accelerating decomposition
Kelp carbon sink potential decreases with warming due to accelerating decomposition Open
Cycling of organic carbon in the ocean has the potential to mitigate or exacerbate global climate change, but major questions remain about the environmental controls on organic carbon flux in the coastal zone. Here, we used a field experim…
View article: Quantifying natural rocky shore biogeomorphic interactions to inform eco-engineering designs for urban coasts.&#160;
Quantifying natural rocky shore biogeomorphic interactions to inform eco-engineering designs for urban coasts.  Open
<p>&#160;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>The interplay between topographic complexity (aka. Geomorphology) and ecological communities is of growing interest by ecologists in the rapidly growing field of eco-engine…
View article: Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests
Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests Open
Aim Macroalgal habitats are believed to be the most extensive and productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems. In stark contrast to the growing attention on their contribution to carbon export and sequestration, understanding of their g…