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Direct observation of increasing recovery length before collapse of a marine benthic ecosystem

Spatial indicators of ecosystem-critical transitions have so far only been confirmed in the lab. Here, the authors show that increasing recovery length provides a spatial signature of critical slowing down in a natural intertidal community.

Luca Rindi
Martina Dal Bello
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Research08 May 2017
Nature Ecology & Evolution

Volume: 1, P: 1-7
Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities

The effects of warming legacies on ecosystem stability to future climate extremes remain unclear. By tracking the dynamics of rocky intertidal biofilm communities, this study shows that relatively constant warming enhances resistance via functional redundancy, whereas fluctuating warming boosts recovery by selecting fast-growing taxa but at the expense of functional redundancy.

Luca Rindi
Jianyu He
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
ResearchOpen Access11 Mar 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-13
Variance in ecological consumer–resource interactions

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Research21 Sept 2000
Nature

Volume: 407, P: 370-374
Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

Habitat-forming marine macrophytes (brown macroalgae and seagrasses) provide important ecological and socio-economic services but are threatened by climate change. In this study, models of their future distribution under different climate change projections forecast a substantial redistribution of these groups globally, with loss of diversity and habitat.

Federica Manca
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Giovanni Strona
ResearchOpen Access24 Jun 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-12
Cross-basin and cross-taxa patterns of marine community tropicalization and deborealization in warming European seas

Climate change is shifting species distribution globally. Here, the authors track four decades of changes in the thermal affinity of 1,817 marine species across European seas, showing that most communities have responded to ongoing ocean warming via increases of warm-water species or decreases of cold-water species.

Guillem Chust
Ernesto Villarino
Martin Lindegren
ResearchOpen Access08 Mar 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-13
Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming

Protected areas are meant to defend species from direct exploitation and habitat loss, but they might also reduce climate change impacts. Here, the authors show that marine protected areas mitigate the impacts of marine heatwaves on reef fish communities.

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Amanda E. Bates
Eneko Aspillaga
ResearchOpen Access28 Feb 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-17
Complex networks of marine heatwaves reveal abrupt transitions in the global ocean

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
ResearchOpen Access18 Jan 2021
Scientific Reports

Volume: 11, P: 1-11

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Direct observation of increasing recovery length before collapse of a marine benthic ecosystem

Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities

Variance in ecological consumer–resource interactions

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

Cross-basin and cross-taxa patterns of marine community tropicalization and deborealization in warming European seas

Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming

Complex networks of marine heatwaves reveal abrupt transitions in the global ocean

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