Mass-transfer gradients across kelp beds influence Macrocystis pyrifera growth over small spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 515, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-109

  Stephens, Tiffany A ^a   Hepburn, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Algae; Hydrodynamic; Limitation; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Water motion

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWEED; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALGAE; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 84911462740     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10974     Document Type: Article

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