Differences in growth, morphology and tissue carbon and nitrogen of Macrocystis pyrifera within and at the outer edge of a giant kelp forest in California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 101-112

  Stewart, H L ^a,c   Fram, J P ^a   Reed, D C ^a   Williams, S L ^b   Brzezinski, M A ^a   Maclntyreb, S ^a   Gaylord, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem engineering; Growth; Kelp bed; Light; Macrocystis pyhfera; Morphology; Nitrogen; Water flow

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; KELP FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NITROGEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 60949102425     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07752     Document Type: Article

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