Kelp-plucking: Coastal erosion facilitated by bull-kelp Durvillaea antarctica at subantarctic Macquarie Island

Antarctic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-438

  Smith, J M B ^a,c   Bayliss Smith, T P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Durvillaea; Intertidal ecology; Kelp; Macquarie Island; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; COASTAL EROSION; KELP FOREST; STORM; WAVE ACTION;

MACQUARIE ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032413119     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102098000522     Document Type: Article

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