Temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography: The role of oceanographic climate

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-250

  Dayton, Paul K ^a   Tegner, Mia J ^a   Edwards, Peter B ^a   Riser, Kristin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure and competition; Depth gradient; Eisenia; El Nino and La Nina events; Fundamental vs. realized niches; Kelp; Laminaria; Macrocystis; Ocean climate; Pterygophora; Scaling up small scale research; Time scales

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EISENIA ARBOREA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA FARLOWII; LOMA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PTERYGOPHORA; PTERYGOPHORA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0032963275     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0219:TASSOK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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