Nutrient-limited growth of juvenile kelp
✍
T. A. Dean; F. R. Jacobsen
📂
Article
📅
1986
🏛
Springer-Verlag
🌐
English
⚖ 490 KB
The relative growth rates of juvenile Macrocystis pyrifera in southern California kelp forests were substantially reduced during the E1 Nifio of 1982E1 Nifio of -1984. The lower growth rates were correlated with increased temperature and decreased nitrogen availability. Fertilization of juvenile pla