Rene Francolini

Sugar kelp ( Saccharina latissima ) population genetics map onto geographic distance and oceanographic features across coastal Maine

Abstract Sugar kelp ( Saccharina latissima ; order Laminariales) plays a vital role in kelp forest ecosystems, as well as an expanding kelp aquaculture industry, in the Gulf of Maine, United States. However, ocean warming is eroding the resilience of Maine's kelp forests and may...