Large-scale, low-frequency oceanographic effects on kelp forest succession: A tale of two cohorts

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 117-134

  Tegner, M J ^a   Dayton, P K ^a   Edwards, P B ^a   Riser, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; Kelp forest; Kelp harvest; La Nina; Macrocystis; Nutrients; Succession; Temperature; Understory kelps

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; KELP FOREST; KELP FORESTS; LA NINA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO;

LAMINARIA FARLOWII; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PTERYGOPHORA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0030621035     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146117     Document Type: Article

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