A new record of kelp Lessonia spicata (Suhr) Santelices in the Sub-Antarctic Channels: implications for the conservation of the huiro negro in the Chilean coast

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Rosenfeld, Sebastián, Méndez, Fabio, Calderón, Martha S, Bahamonde-Mihovilovich, Francisco Andrés, Rodríguez, Juan Pablo, Ojeda, Jaime, Marambio, Johanna, Gorny, Matthias, Mansilla-Muñoz, Andrés Omar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary Sciences; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10533/72227; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7610

The Katalalixar National Reserve (KNR) lies in an isolated marine protected area of Magellan Sub-Antarctic channels, which represent an important area for marine biodiversity and macroalgal conservation. The present study is the first report of the specie This research was funded by Chile's National Council for Research in Science and Technology (CONICYT) FONDECYT Program grant 1180433 to Andrés Mansilla, and the CONICYT-FB001 FONDECYT 3180539 project to Martha S. Calderón. The expedition to the Katalalixa FONDECYT REGULAR Proyectos de Investigación Chile's National Council for Research in Science and Technology (CONICYT) FONDECYT Program [1180433]; OCEANA Chile; [CONICYT-FB001 FONDECYT 3180539] wos 7