Abundance and dispersal of drifting kelp Macrocystis pyrifera rafts in the Southern California Bight

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2000, Pages 101-116

  Hobday, Alistair J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal transport; Benthic inputs; Biogeographic boundary; Dispersal; Macrocystis rafts; Rafting; Satellite drifters

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; KELP FOREST;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

ALGAE; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 0034737338     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps195101     Document Type: Article

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