Accelerating Trophic-level Dysfunction in Kelp Forest Ecosystems of the Western North Atlantic

By Robert Steneck, J. Vavřinec, Amanda V. Leland. Ecosystems, 2004

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Understanding the Effects of Marine Biodiversity on Communities and Ecosystems (2007, background): “…of marine species compared to land, many species are locally extinct and even more have been driven ecologically extinct: Their populations are sufficiently small that they can no longer play a significant ecological role in a particular community (Sala & Knowlton 2006, Steneck et al. 2004).”
Macrophytes as habitat for fauna (2009, unknown): “Thus, the macrophytes may become vulnerable if grazers occur in too high numbers; for example, disappearance of regulatory processes by overfishing of top predators has been suggested as a reason for blooms of sea urchins, leading to overgrazing and decimation of kelp beds (Steneck et al. 2004).”
Nutrient versus herbivore control of macroalgal community development and coral growth on a Caribbean reef (2009, background): “Dramatic changes in community structure often follow alterations of top-down and bottom-up forces (Valiela et al. 1997, Steneck et al. 2004, Myers et al. 2007), making it critical to understand how changes to these forces cas- cade through marine ecosystems.”
Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems (2014, unknown): “J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 400:17−32 Johnson TR, Wilson JA, Cleaver C, Morehead G, Vadas R (2013) Modeling fine scale urchin and kelp dynamics: Implications for management of the Maine sea urchin fishery.”
Sea urchin grazing and kelp re-vegetation in the NE Atlantic (2009, background): “…predator functional groups among fish and larger invertebrates, see Steneck et al. 2004; Hereu et al. 2005), and there are strong indications that overfishing of cod and other fish stocks has indirectly caused outbreaks of sea urchins in the NW Atlantic (Tegner & Dayton 2000; Steneck et al. 2004).”
New paradigms for supporting the resilience of marine ecosystems. (2005, background): “Familiar examples include phase shifts on coral reefs [13–15] and in kelp forests [16, 17 ] following declines in crucial canopyforming species, and the collapse of many coastal and oceanic fisheries [9,18] (Figure 1). Emerging theories and new multi-disciplinary approaches point to the importance o”
A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms (2009, background): “Predation is considered the most important factor for controlling Strongylocentrotus spp. population densities (Tegner and Dayton 2000, Steneck et al. 2002, 2004); however, present-day urchin predators (e.g., sheephead wrasse, spiny lobsters) and competitors (e.g., abalone) are affected by…”
Insight, part of a Special Feature on Managing Surprises in Complex Systems Ecological and Human Community Resilience in Response to Natural Disasters (2010, background): “Coral reefs (Hughes et al. 2003, 2005), kelp forest ecosystems (Estes and Duggin 1995, Steneck et al. 2004), and freshwater lakes (Carpenter 2003) have all undergone regime shifts as a result of the overharvesting of key species.”
Ecological role of large benthic decapods in marine ecosystems: a review (2012, background): “Here, an observed decline in groundfish abundance (largely due to overexploitation) was followed by a large increase in benthic decapods and other prey species, likely because of predation release (Steneck et al. 2004, Worm & Myers 2003, Frank et al. 2005).”