Research published this week in the journal Bioscience takes an interdisciplinary approach to evaluating land-sea interactions in the northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest (NPCTR). The paper evaluates the land-to-ocean flow of carbon and nutrients in the NPCTR, their influence on nearshore marine ecosystems, and how these connections are altered by climate change. The paper is the first from a team of North American researchers looking at these issues throughout the entirety of the temperate rainforest – instead of being constrained by borders and administrative jurisdictions – and sets the foundation for future research. “Ecosystems don’t recognize borders,” says SFU forest ecologist Ken Lertzman, professor emeritus, who is part of the research team, along with PhD student Ian Giesbrecht and scientists from university, federal and provincial research agencies in Canada and the United States.