Kelp forest habitat restoration has the potential to increase sea urchin gonad biomass

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Claisse, Jeremy T ^a   Williams, Jonathan P ^a   Ford, Tom ^b   Pondella, Daniel J ^a   Meux, Brian ^c   Protopapadakis, Lia ^b  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation   (United States)

^c Santa Monica Baykeeper   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable state; Ecosystem based management; Generalized linear modeling; Giant kelp; Macrocystis pyrifera; Marine protected area; Marine reserve; Monte Carlo simulation; Reproduction; Southern California; Strongylocentrotus franciscanus; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894504220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00408.1     Document Type: Article

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