Restoration techniques for Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae) populations at the southern limit of their distribution in Mexico

Botanica Marina

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-284

  Hernandez Carmona G ^a,b,c   Garcia O ^a   Robledo, D ^d   Foster, M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^e MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KELP FOREST; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EISENIA ARBOREA; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0034089918     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2000.029     Document Type: Article

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