Growth and size distribution of some large brown algae in Ohori, east coast of Korea
✍ Scribed by C. H. Koh; H. C. Shin
- Book ID
- 104618550
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 204-205
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-5141
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✦ Synopsis
About fifty individuals of four dominant large brown algae were collected by random sampling at monthly intervals using SCUBA . Size frequencies of Sargassum confusum and S . horneri were concentrated mainly in the small size classes during the initial growth phase, but were more or less evenly distributed in most size classes during the fast growing phase . Undaria pinnatifida and Costaria costata showed the same tendency as Sargassum spp ., that frequency distribution became even when the plants reached their maximum growth . The kelp species recorded their maximum lengths in March, whereas Sargassum spp . showed their peaks in early summer . The relationships between the length and weight in different growth phases appeared to be dependent on the phenology of each species .