Experimental assessment of the effects of shade on an intertidal kelp: Do phytoplankton blooms inhibit growth of open-coast macroalgae?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 276-288

  Kavanaugh, Maria T ^a   Nielsen, Karina J ^b   Chan, Francis T ^a   Menge, Bruce A ^a   Letelier, Ricardo M ^a   Goodrich, Lea M ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept Of Wood Science And Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; KELP FOREST; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHADING;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; LAMINARIA SESSILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 61649107429     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0276     Document Type: Article

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