Epibiont communities on stranded kelp rafts of Durvillaea antarctica (Fucales, Phaeophyceae)—Do positive interactions facilitate range extensions?

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: López, Boris A., Macaya, Erasmo C., Rivadeneira, Marcelo M., Tala, Fadia, Tellier, Florence, Thiel, Martin
• Other Authors: Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Holdfast; Pacific; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13375; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjbi.13375; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jbi.13375

Abstract Aim This study examines how rafting on floating bull kelps can shape the biogeographic patterns of raft‐associated species, and analyses the spatio‐temporal variability of taxonomic richness and co‐occurrences of epibionts on beach‐cast rafts of Durvillaea antarctica along a latitudinal gra...