Synchrony in dynamics of giant kelp forests is driven by both local recruitment and regional environmental controls

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 499-509

  Cavanaugh, Kyle C ^a   Kendall, Bruce E ^a   Siegel, David A ^a   Reed, Daniel C ^a   Alberto, Filipe ^b   Assis, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Giant kelp; Landsat; Macrocystis pyrifera; Moran effect; Population dynamics; Remote sensing; Southern California; Spatial autocorrelation; Synchrony; Time series; Wave disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTOCORRELATION; BIOMASS; DATA SET; KELP FOREST; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MACROCYSTIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MACROCYSTIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA URCHINS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 84876150834     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0268.1     Document Type: Article

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