The role of buoyancy in mitigating reduced light in macroalgal aggregations

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Stewart, Hannah L ^a   Payri, Claude E ^b,c   Koehl, M A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Buoyancy; Light; Macroalgae; Photosynthesis; Turbinaria ornata

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CARBON FIXATION; DISSOLVED GAS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; IRRADIANCE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY;

ALGAE; TURBINARIA ORNATA;

EID: 33847294638     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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