Length, strength and water flow: Relative importance of wave and current exposure on morphology in kelp Laminaria hyperborea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 506, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-70

  Bekkby, Trine ^a,b   Rinde, Eli ^a   Gundersen, Hege ^a,c   Norderhaug, Kjell Magnus ^a,d   Gitmark, Janne K ^a   Christie, Hartvig ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Natural History Museum   (Norway)

^c Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; Kelp morphology; Physical disturbance; Size; Stress; Water flow

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOMASS; FLOW PATTERN; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; SEAWEED; SIZE; STOCHASTICITY; WATER FLOW;

NORWAY;

EID: 84903289374     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10778     Document Type: Article

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