Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera, Phaeophyceae) recruitment near its southern limit in Baja California after mass disappearance during ENSO 1997-1998

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1106-1112

  Ladah, Lydia B ^a   Zertuche González, José A ^a   Hernandez Carmona, Gustavo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Disturbance; El Nino; ENSO; Extinction; Giant kelp; Macrocystis pyrifera; Mexico; Microscopic stages; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MACROALGA; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

BAHIA TORTUGAS; BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; MEXICO;

MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 0033400815     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561106.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Anderson, E. & North, W. 1966. In situ studies of spore production and dispersal in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Proc. Int. Seaweed Symp. 5:73-86.
2. Bolton, J. & Luning, K. 1982. Optimal growth and maximal survival temperatures of Atlantic Laminaria species in culture. Mar. Biol. 87 131-5.
3. Clendenning, K. 1971. Photosynthesis and general development in Macrocystis. In North, W.J. [Ed.] The Biology of Giant Kelp Beds. Beicheffte Zur. Nova Hed. Heft. pp. 169-90.
4. Clendenning, K. & Sargent, M. 1957. Physiology and Biochemistry of Giant Kelp. Quarterly progress report, July-Sept., IMR Ref 57-6, pp. 29-35.
5. _ 1958. Physiology and Biochemistry of Giant Kelp. Quarterly progress report, Oct-Dec, IMR Ref 58-3 pp. 6-7.
6. Dawson, Y. 1951. A further study of upwelling and associated vegetation along Pacific Baja California, Mexico. J. Mar. Research 10:39-58.
7. _ 1952. Circulation within Bahía Vizcaino, Baja California, and its effects on marine vegetation. Am. J. Botany 39:425-32.
8. Dayton, P. 1985. Ecology of kelp communities. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 16:215-45.
9. Dayton, P., Currie, V., Gerodette, T., Keller, B., Rosenthal, R. & Yen Tresca, D. 1984. Patch dynamics and stability of some California kelp communities. Ecol. Monogr. 54:253-89.
10. Dayton, P. & Tegner, M. 1984. Catastrophic storm, El Niño, and patch stability in a southern California kelp community. Science 224:283-384.
11. Dayton, P., Tegner, M., Parnell, P. & Edwards, P. 1992. Temporal and spatial patterns of disturbance and recovery in a kelp forest community. Ecol. Monogr. 62:421-45.
12. Devinny, J. & Volse, L. 1978. Effects of sediments on the development of Macrocystis pyrifera gametophytes. Mar. Biol. 48: 343-8.
13. Deysher, L. & Dean, T. 1986. In situ recruitment of sporophytes of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera: effects of physical factors. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 103:41-63.
14. Ebeling, A., Laur, D. & Rowley, R. 1985. Severe storm disturbances and reversal of community structure in a southern California kelp forest. Mar. Biol. 84:287-94.
15. Edwards, M. 1998. Effects of long-term canopy exclusion on the abundance of the annual alga Desmarestia liguluta. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 228:309-26.
16. Foster, M. & Schiel, D. 1985. The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California: A Community Profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 85 (7.2).
17. Gerard, V. 1984. Physiological effects of El Nĩo on giant kelp in Southern California. Mar. Biol. Letters 5:317-22.
18. Graham, M. 1997. Factors determining the upper limit of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Agardh, along the Monterey Peninsula, central California, USA. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 218:127-49.
19. Guzmán-del-Pióo, S., De la Campa, S. & Granados-Gallegos, J. 1971. El sargazo gigante macrocystis pyrifera y su explotación en Baja California. Rev. de la Soc. Mex. de Historia Natural 32: 15-49.
20. Hernández-Carmona, G. 1988. Evaluación, crecimiento, y regeneración de mantos de M. pyrifera en la costa occidental de la peninsula de Baja California, México. Msc. Thesis, Inst Politec. Nac. Centro Int. de Ciencias Marinas.
21. Hernández-Carmona, G., Rodríguez-Montesinos, Y., Casas-Valdez, M., Vilchis, M. & Sanchez-Rodríguez, I. 1991. Evaluation of the beds of Macrocystis pyrifera in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico III. Summer 1986 and seasonal variation. Cienc. Mar. 17:121-45.
22. Hoffman, A. & Santelices, B. 1991. Banks of algal microscopic forms: hypotheses on their functioning and comparisons with seed banks. Mar. Ecol. Progress Series 79:185-94.
23. Kennelly, S. 1987. Inhibition of kelp recruitment by turfing algae and consequences for an Australian kelp community. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 112:49-60.
24. Lee, J. & Brinkhuis, B. 1986. Reproductive phenology of Laminaria saccharina at the southern limit of its distribution in the northwestern Atlantic. Ocean. J. Phycol. 22:276-85.
25. McGowan, J., Cayan, D. & Dorman, L. 1998. Climate-Ocean Variability and Ecosystem Response in the Northeast Pacific. Science 281:210-7.
26. Miller, A. 1996. Recent advances in California Current modeling: decadal and interannual thermocline variations. CalCOFI Reports, 37:69-79.
27. Neushul, M. 1963. Studies on the giant kelp Macrocystis II. Reproduction. Am. J. Botany 50:354-9.
28. North, W. 1957. Experimental Ecology. In: Fish and the Kelp Beds. Quarterly Report Oct 1-Dec 31, p 5.
29. _ 1959. Experimental Ecology. In: The Effect of Waste Discharges on Kelp. Annual Progress Report, Oct 1959, IMR reference 59-11, pp. 1-7.
30. _ 1971. Introduction and Background. In North, W. [Ed] The Biology of Giant Kelp Beds (Macrocystis) in California. J. Cramer, Lehre, pp. 1-97.
31. _ 1972. Observations on populations of Macrocystis. In Kurogi, M. & Abbott, I.A. [Eds] Contributions to the Systematics of Benthic Algae of the North Pacific. Jap Soc. Phycol. Kobe. 75-82.
32. _ 1994. Review of Macrocystis biology. In Akatsuka, I. [Ed.] Biology of Economic Algae. Academic Publishing, Netherlands, pp. 447-527.
33. North, W., Jackson, G. & Manley, S. 1986. Macrocystis and its environment, knowns and unknows. Aquatic Bot. 26:9-26.
34. North, W., James, D. & Jones, L. 1993. History of kelp beds (Macrocystis) in Orange and San Diego Counties, California. Hydrobiologia 260/1:277-83.
35. Reed, D. 1990. The effects of variable settlement and early competition on patterns of kelp recruitment. Ecology 71:776-87.
36. Reed, D., Amsler, C. & Ebeling, A. 1992. Dispersal in kelps: factors affecting spore swimming and competency. Ecology 73:1577-85.
37. Reed, D., Anderson, T., Ebeling, A. & Anghera, M. 1997. The role of reproductive synchrony in the colonization potential of kelp. Ecology 78:2443-57.
38. Reed, D. & Foster, M. 1984. The effects of canopy shading on algal recruitment and growth in a giant kelp forest. Ecology 65:937-48.
39. Reed, D., Laur, D. & Ebeling, A. 1988. Variation in algal dispersal and recruitment: the importance of episodic events. Ecol. Monogr. 58:321-35.
40. Reed, D., Neushul, M. & Ebeling, A. 1991. Role of density on gametophyte growth and reproduction in the kelps Macrocystis pyrifera and Pterygaphora californica. J. Phycol. 27:361-6.
41. Santelices, B. 1990. Patterns of reproduction, dispersal, and recruitment in seaweeds. Ocean. Mar. Biol. An. Rev. 28:177-276.
42. Santelices, B., Hoffman, A., Aedo, D., Bobadilla, M. & Otaiza, R. 1995. A bank of microscopic forms on disturbed boulders and stones in tide pools. Mar. Ecol. Progress Series 129:215-28.
43. Schiel, D. & Foster, M. 1986. The structure of subtidal stands in temperate waters. Ocean. Mar. Biol. An. Rev. 24:265-307.
44. Setchell, W. & Gardner, N. 1925. The marine algae of the pacific coast of North America. In Setchell, W. & Holman, R. [Eds] University of California Publications in Botany, vol 8, pt 3. UC press, Berkeley, pp. 627-8.
45. Tegner, M. & Dayton, P. 1987. El Niño effects on Southern California kelp communities. Adv. in Ecol. Research 17:243-79.
46. _ 1991. Sea urchins, El Niño's, and long term stability of Southern California kelp forest communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 77:49-63.
47. Tegner, M., Dayton, P., Edwards, P. & Riser, K. 1996. Is there evidence for long term climate change in southern California kelp forests? CalCOFI Reports 37:11-126.
48. tom Dieck, I. 1993. Temperature tolerance and survival in darkness of kelp gametophytes (Laminariales, Phaeophyta): ecological and biogeographic implications. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 100:253-64.
49. Zimmerman, R. C. 1983. Seasonal patterns in the productivity of a giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest: the effect of nutrient availability. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 182 pp.
50. Zimmerman, R. C. & Robertson, D. L. 1985. Effects of El Niño on local hydrography and growth of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera, at Santa Catalina Island, California. Limnol. and Oceanogr. 30:1298-302.