Project Outputs
Below we provide links to publications and other outputs associated with the GEcoKelp project, with team members highlighted in yellow. PDFs of the documents can be provided upon request.
Journal Articles & Chapters
Wernberg T, Filbee-Dexter K, de Bettignies T, Leclerc J-C, Davoult D, Lévêque L, Christie HC, Dyer DC, Anderson RJ, Rothman MD, Bolton JJ, Norderhaug KM, Smit AJ. (2025). Smaller plants in warmer water could have implications for future kelp forests. Scientific Reports, accepted 28/7/25.
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Earp HS, Wood GV, Filbee-Dexter K, Wernberg T. (in press). Opportunities, challenges and future directions for restoring kelp using Green Gravel. Critchley AT, Hurtado AQ, Pereira L, Neish IC (Eds.). Advances in Temperate Phyconomy: Algal Harvest and Cultivation in Globally Distributed Temperate Waters: Part I. Springer.
Wernberg T, Thomsen MS, Burrows MT, Filbee-Dexter K, Hobday AJ, Holbrook NJ, Montie S, Moore PJ, Oliver ECJ, Sen Gupta A, Smale DA, Smith K. (2025). Marine heatwaves as hot spots of climate change and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1:461–479. doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00058-5
Smith KE., Sen Gupta A, Burrows MT, Filbee-Dexter K, Hobday AJ, Holbrook, NJ, Malan N, Moore PJ, Oliver ECJ, Thomsen MS, Wernberg T, Zhao Z, Smale DA. (2025). Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society. Nature Climate Change, 15:231-235. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02269-2
Norderhaug KM, Kleiven PJN, Wernberg T, Synnes A-E, Filbee-Dexter K, Espeland SH, Thormar J, Kartveit KH, Christensen L, Moland E (2025) More but smaller, marine heatwaves exacerbate size truncation in overfished fish communities in the Skagerrak. Ecology & Evolution. 15:e71404, doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71404
Wood GV, Griffin KJ, van der Mheen M, Breed MF, Edgeloe JM, Grimaldi C, Minne AJP, Popovic I, Filbee-Dexter K, van Oppen MJH, Wernberg T, Coleman MA (2024) Reef Adapt: A tool to inform climate-smart marine restoration and management decisions. Communications Biology, 7: 1368. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06970-4. https://www.reefadapt.org/
Techera E, Valckenaere J, Filbee-Dexter K, Wernberg T (2024) Successful conservation and management of kelp forests requires more ambitious use of international law. Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, 33: 536-553, doi.org/10.1111/reel.12569
Wernberg T, Straub S (2024) Low light exacerbates effects of marine heatwaves on seaweeds. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 47: 49-59. doi.org/10.3354/meps14695
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​Leclerc JC, Gonzalez M, Pezy JP, Raoux A, Broudin C, Houbin C, Aline Migné, Loisel S, Sevin L, Coudret J, Davoult D, Charbonnelle M, Valerdi JB, Schlicklin F, Van Paemelen R, Humbert S, Massé C, Viard F, Filbee-Dexter K, Wernberg T, Thiébaut E (2024) Multi-scale patterns in the structure of fish and fouling communities associated with seaweeds in marinas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 742: 1-19. doi.org/10.3354/meps14641
Starko S, van der Mheen M, Pessarrodona A, Wood G, Filbee-Dexter K, Neufeld C, Montie S, Coleman MA, Wernberg T (2024) Impacts of marine heatwaves in coastal ecosystems depend on local environmental conditions. Global Change Biology, 30(8): e17469. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17469
Norderhaug KM, Knutsen H, Filbee-Dexter K, Sodeland M, Jorde PE, Wernberg T, Oomen R, Moland E (2024) The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List does not account for intraspecific diversity. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81 (5): 815–822. doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae039
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Filbee-Dexter K, Starko S, Pessarrodona A, Wood G, Norderhaug KM, Piñeiro-Corbeira C, Wernberg T (2024) MPA’s can be useful but are not a silver bullet for kelp conservation. Journal of Phycology, 60: 203-213. doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13446
Student Chapters & Theses
Gökcen Canbolat (in prep) Seasonal and hydrodynamic drivers of biodiversity in habitat cascades of Ascophyllum nodosum and Polysiphonia lanosa. Masters Thesis. IMBRSea program. Supervised by Dr Hannah Earp and Prof Thomas Wernberg.
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Sina Marie Torgrimsen (in prep) The influence of temperature on kelp early life stages. University of Bergen. Supervised by Dr Hannah Earp, Dr Antoine Minne, Prof Thomas Wernberg and Prof Øystein Varpe.
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Antonia Kutke (2025) Short-term physiological response of Norwegian kelp (Laminaria hyperborea, Saccharina latissima) to ocean warming and nitrogen enrichment. Masters Thesis, University of Agder. Supervised by Dr Hannah Earp, Prof Thomas Wernberg, Grace Edwards and Prof Tove Margrethe Gabrielsen.
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Rowen Monks (2024) Genetic diversity, structure, and connectivity of Laminaria hyperborea in Norway using SNP analysis. Masters Thesis, University of Oslo, Aquatic Biology & Toxicology. Supervised by Dr George Wood, Prof Thomas Wernberg and Prof Stein Fredriksen.
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Conference Presentations & Posters
Earp HS, Filbee-Dexter K, Minne AJP, Murphy A, Pedersen SG, Pessarrodona A, Edwards G, Gunnarsdóttir L, Gunnarsson K, Magnússon JT, Velasquez M, Norderhaug KM, Wernberg T. Tales from the Tareskog: A dive into GEcoKelp research activities in Nordic kelp forests. Poster presented at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2025 - Brest, France. PDF available here.
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Filbee-Dexter K, Pessarrodona A, Pedersen MF, Wernberg T. Drivers of kelp forest productivity from warm to cool range edges. Oral presentation at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2025 - Brest, France.
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Edwards G, Earp HS, Minne AJP, Hurd CL, Filbee-Dexter K, Wernberg T. Warming and coastal darkening alter nitrogen cycling by primary producers. Oral presentation at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2025 - Brest, France.
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Norderhaug KM, Kleiven P, Wernberg T, Synnes AE, Filbee-Dexter K, Espeland S, Thormar J, Kartveit K, Christensen L, Moland E. Differences in fish communities between kelp and turf in the Skagerrak: more but smaller. Oral presentation at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2025 - Brest, France.
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Wernberg T. Hotspots of climate change calamity: marine heatwaves impact kelp, kelp forests and ecosystem services. Oral presentation at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2025 - Brest, France.
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Earp HS, Filbee-Dexter K, Wernberg T, GEcoKelp team, BlueArc team. Frozen Forests: BlueARC & GEcoKelp. Oral presentation at ARC-BON workshop 2025, Svalbard.
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Earp HS, Monks R, Edwards G, Minne A, Filbee-Dexter K, Wood GV, Wernberg T (2024) The GEcoKelp Project: Unraveling the impacts
of climate change and anthropogenic activities on Norwegian kelp forests. Poster presented at Havforskermøtet 2024 - Tromsø, Norway. PDF available here.
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