Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 1422 - 1439
• Main Authors: Duarte, Carlos M., Gattuso, Jean‐Pierre, Hancke, Kasper, Gundersen, Hege, Filbee‐Dexter, Karen, Pedersen, Morten F., Middelburg, Jack J., Burrows, Michael T., Krumhansl, Kira A., Wernberg, Thomas, Moore, Pippa, Pessarrodona, Albert, Ørberg, Sarah B., Pinto, Isabel S., Assis, Jorge, Queirós, Ana M., Smale, Dan A., Bekkby, Trine, Serrão, Ester A., Krause‐Jensen, Dorte, Field, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2022; Wiley
• Subjects: Algae; area; biogeography; biome; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Coastal ecology; Continental interfaces, environment; Earth Sciences; Environment and Society; Environmental Sciences; Estimates; Forests; Global Changes; Habitats; Incident light; macroalgae; Net Primary Productivity; niche; Ocean floor; Ocean, Atmosphere; Oceanography; Primary production; production; Sciences of the Universe; Seaweeds; Shorelines; Substrates; trends

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 global extent and production is limited and these have remaine...