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dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Guri Sogn
dc.contributor.authorSteen, Henning
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Hartvig
dc.contributor.authorFredriksen, Stein
dc.contributor.authorMoy, Frithjof E.
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-08T13:33:30Z
dc.date.available2011-11-08T13:33:30Z
dc.date.issued2011-07-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/108848
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2011 Guri Sogn Andersen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.no_NO
dc.description.abstractOn the Skagerrak coast the kelp Saccharina latissima has suffered severe stand reductions over the last decade, resulting in loss of important habitats. In the present study, healthy kelp plants were transplanted into four deforested areas and their patterns of growth, reproduction, and survival were monitored through subsequent seasons. Our main objective was to establish whether the kelp plants were able to grow and mature in deforested areas. We observed normal patterns of growth and maturation at all study sites. However, heavy fouling by epiphytes occurred each summer, followed by high kelp mortality. The study shows that the seasonal variations and the life stage timing of S. latissima make formation of self-sustainable populations impossible in the present environment. Most noteworthy, we suggest that fouling by epiphytes is involved in the lack of kelp forest recovery in Skagerrak, Norway.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationno_NO
dc.subjectkelpno_NO
dc.subjectstortareno_NO
dc.titleSeasonal Patterns of Sporophyte Growth, Fertility, Fouling, and Mortality of Saccharina latissima in Skagerrak, Norway: Implications for Forest Recoveryno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488no_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber8 s.no_NO
dc.source.volume2011no_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Marine Biologyno_NO
dc.source.issueArticle ID 690375no_NO
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/690375


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