Partitioning of primary production among giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), understory macroalgae, and phytoplankton on a temperate reef

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-132

  Miller, Robert J ^a   Reed, Daniel C ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROWN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REEF; UNDERSTORY;

ALGAE; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 78651382994     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0119     Document Type: Article

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