UCSB Kelp Ecology Project: Semiannual Report 1 June 1985 to 31 December 1985Kelp Ecology Project, UCSB, 1986 - Benthos |
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abundance of kelp adult kelp adult plants Analysis of variance areas BACI benthic blades bottom calibration chemical oceanography correlated Cystoseira Dean Delta density of kelp depth DFAR differences diver Dixon downcoast downlooking sonar effects of SONGS El Nino fronds gametogenesis gametophytes giant kelp invertebrates irradiance and seston irradiance levels kelp density kelp forest kelp plants kelp recruits Macrocystis Macrocystis pyrifera Marine Review Committee Mateo kelp beds mean density mortality observed Onofre and San Onofre kelp bed operation of SONGS operational period osmundacea outplanted outplanted gametophytes Parameter patterns of kelp physicochemical factors plume production of sporophytes Pterygophora quadrats recruitment windows red urchins reduction in irradiance Reitzel replicate result sampled San Mateo kelp San Onofre kelp SAS Institute Schroeter sea urchins seston flux rates SOKD 45 SOKU sonar surveys SONGS Units spores sporophyte density sporophyte production stations substrate Table temperature transects upcoast upwelling variability white urchins