Kelp rafts in the humboldt current: Interplay of abiotic and biotic factors limit their floating persistence and dispersal potential

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1751-1763

  Rothäusler, Eva ^a,b,f   Gómez, Iván ^c   Hinojosa, Iván A ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^b   Miranda, Leonardo ^a   Tala, Fadia ^a,d   Thiela, Martin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d CIDTA Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Algas   (Chile)

^e CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTIC FACTOR; BROWN ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIBIONT; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT TYPE; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; PERSISTENCE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; LAMINARIALES; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 81755181686     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1751     Document Type: Article

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