{"id":603429,"date":"2024-01-04T00:24:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/study-uncovers-the-synchrony-connecting-kelp-forests-to-the-beach\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T00:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:24:04","slug":"study-uncovers-the-synchrony-connecting-kelp-forests-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-uncovers-the-synchrony-connecting-kelp-forests-to-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"#Study uncovers the synchrony connecting kelp forests to the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1e91e6009\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a1e91e6009\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-uncovers-the-synchrony-connecting-kelp-forests-to-the-beach\/#In_sync\" >In sync<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-uncovers-the-synchrony-connecting-kelp-forests-to-the-beach\/#Beach_melodies\" >Beach melodies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/study-uncovers-the-synchrony-connecting-kelp-forests-to-the-beach\/#Dynamic_nature\" >Dynamic nature<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/the-choreography-conne.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/the-choreography-conne.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Shorebirds forage in kelp wrack on a beach in California. Credit: Jenny Dugan, UC Santa Barbara\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/the-choreography-conne.jpg\" alt=\"The choreography connecting kelp forests to the beach\" title=\"Shorebirds forage in kelp wrack on a beach in California. Credit: Jenny Dugan, UC Santa Barbara\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Shorebirds forage in kelp wrack on a beach in California. Credit: Jenny Dugan, UC Santa Barbara<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Santa Barbara Channel&#8217;s kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp, the foundation species of rocky reefs, serves as a major part of the beach food web as fronds of the giant seaweed break away from the forest and are transported to the beach. But the relationship goes deeper.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2310052120\">paper published this week in the <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/i><\/a>, a team of scientists demonstrated that kelp forests can do more than supply food to tiny, hungry crustaceans living in the sand. They can also influence the dynamics of the sandy beach food web.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The amount of kelp on the reef changes through time in a way where the peaks and low points in abundance across several kelp forests are matched together,&#8221; said lead author Jonathan Walter, a senior researcher at the University of California, Davis, and its Center for Watershed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we refer to as synchrony. It is related to the ability of systems to persist in the face of changing environmental conditions. A little asynchrony allows systems to be resistant to fluctuations and therefore more stable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The study uncovers the role of synchrony in the beach food web, with broader implications as the climate shifts in ways that might change how linked ecosystems perform their functions.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing synchrony&#8217;s role in these ecosystems fills a key knowledge gap in our understanding of the connection of reef and beach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kelp forest and the beach are both highly dynamic ecosystems,&#8221; said co-author Jenny Dugan, a coastal marine ecologist at UC Santa Barbara. &#8220;How the dynamics of those two ecosystems interact and behave is the key question here, especially with the beach system so dependent on the kelp forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_sync\"><\/span>In sync<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Though a natural and ubiquitous phenomenon, synchrony and its implications are not yet fully understood.<\/p>\n<p>The research team sought to understand whether and how kelp wrack (detritus) could affect the beach ecosystem&#8217;s dynamics. For instance, how might species respond to the changing environment, and how resilient is the beach ecosystem to disturbances?<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/the-choreography-conne-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/the-choreography-conne-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelp forests and the beach are highly dynamic, interconnected ecosystems. Here, kelp drifts on the ocean's surface near Santa Barbara. Credit: Kyle Emery, UC Santa Barbara\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/the-choreography-conne-1.jpg\" alt=\"The choreography connecting kelp forests to the beach\" title=\"Kelp forests and the beach are highly dynamic, interconnected ecosystems. Here, kelp drifts on the ocean's surface near Santa Barbara. Credit: Kyle Emery, UC Santa Barbara\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Kelp forests and the beach are highly dynamic, interconnected ecosystems. Here, kelp drifts on the ocean&#8217;s surface near Santa Barbara. Credit: Kyle Emery, UC Santa Barbara<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To address these questions, the study used long-term data from UCSB&#8217;s Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research site, which is supported by the National Science Foundation. The team&#8217;s model was built on a time <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of wind, wave, wrack, and beach-width data at five sandy beaches over 11 years.<\/p>\n<p>It revealed patterns of synchrony\u2014where the abundance of kelp wrack on beaches could be explained by kelp abundance in the forest, wave action, and beach width fluctuating together. At the longest timescales, kelp forest biomass and beach width were the biggest drivers of kelp wrack on the beaches.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beach_melodies\"><\/span>Beach melodies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;We found time lags in this synchrony that were important,&#8221; Dugan said. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t as simple as everything changing at the same time\u2014it was like separate songs or melodies that came together in different ways. This made the patterns more complex, which is why it required the type of analyses we used.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, the researchers found this synchrony crossed from ocean to shore. The abundance of predatory shorebirds, like sandpipers and plovers, lagged behind the deposition of wrack on beaches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once on the beach, kelp wrack feeds a highly productive community of small invertebrates\u2014crustaceans and insects\u2014that are in turn a favorite food of shorebirds,&#8221; Dugan explained. The cross-system synchrony is particularly notable because the beach ecosystem relies so heavily on kelp subsidies, she added.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dynamic_nature\"><\/span>Dynamic nature<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The dynamic nature of kelp forests, in terms of their high productivity and turnover, is unique for ecosystems structured around foundation species,&#8221; said co-author and coastal ecologist Kyle Emery, a researcher in the UCSB Marine Science Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It allows us to observe change many times over compared to other foundation species and gives us the ability to observe many different system states, processes and functions. This enabled us to more rapidly analyze these questions of cross-ecosystem synchrony.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                        <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Jonathan A. 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