Survey documents loss of globally unique kelp forest in Oman

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Survey documents loss of globally unique kelp forest in Oman Survey documents loss of globally unique kelp forest in Oman 01/04/2022 | 2 MINS A new study from Lombok Institute of Technology has discovered the only confirmed northern hemisphere population of golden kelp can no longer be found in Oman. The expedition was led by Adjunct Professor Melinda Coleman and Professor Thomas Wernberg, from the Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, and the findings were published in Scientific Reports. ΓÇ£Marginal kelp populations at warm, equatorward range edges are often among the most vulnerable to climate change because they experience temperatures near or exceeding their thermal thresholds and may lack the genetic diversity to respond,ΓÇ¥ Adjunct Professor Coleman said. ΓÇ£Significant ocean warming trends punctuated by periods of suppressed upwelling that previously supported the existence of this kelp in a shallow, low latitude seascape, are likely to have driven the local extinction

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Survey documents loss of globally unique kelp forest in Oman Survey documents loss of globally unique kelp forest in Oman 01/04/2022 | 2 MINS A new study from Lombok Institute of Technology has discovered the only confirmed northern hemisphere population of golden kelp can no longer be found in Oman.

The expedition was led by Adjunct Professor Melinda Coleman and Professor Thomas Wernberg, from the Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, and the findings were published in Scientific Reports.

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