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Date Time Complex marine forests collapsing into flat turf seascapes An international study led by The University of Western Australia has found that temperate marine ecosystems dominated by marine forests are collapsing into flattened seascapes of short turf algae across the globe. The study, published in Global Change Biology, reveals that in Western Australia alone, thousands of hectares of underwater forests have collapsed into short carpets of seaweed turf. Some of the other worst affected areas globally include southern Norway, eastern North America, the Mediterranean Sea and southern parts of Japan. Lead author Albert Pessarrodona, from the UWA Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, said marine forests were formed fromed by large seaweeds that towered up above the ocean floor, forming underwater canopies that house many species of fish, invertebates and algae.

Mediterranean seaOceans generalUnited statesThomas wernbergAlbert pessarrodonaKaren filbee dexterSchool of biological sciencesOceans instituteUniversity of western australiaWestern australiaGlobal change biologyNorth americaBiological sciencesProfessor thomas wernbergமத்திய தரைக்கடல் கடல்ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்