| Abstract: | Visual surveys along subtidal belt transects were used to compare fish assemblages on an experimental and a control site before and after the removal of a canopy-forming kelp forest. The giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C.A. Agardh was removed at the holdfast from approximately equals 1 ha of high relief structurally complex rock substratum. The abundance of seven species of fish, of which five were considered midwater species, significantly declined after the kelp was removed. Results indicate that the presence of a giant kelp forest may increase the abundance and species diversity of the fish assemblages over a high relief rocky reef in central California, U.S.A. |
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| Citation Author: | Bodkin, J. L. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Alaska Biological Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 238 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 12 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | pp. 227-238 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central California; 1988; Article; Journal; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology; Bodkin, J. L. |
| Citation Start Page: | 227 |
| Citation Volume: | 117 |
| Citation Year: | 1988 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central California; 1988; Article; Journal; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology; Bodkin, J. L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00 -0600 |
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