Changes in the fish fauna associated with a sub-Antarctic Macrocystis pyrifera kelp forest in response to canopy removal

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Vanella, Fabián Alberto, Fernandez, Daniel Alfredo, Romero, Maria Carolina, Calvo, Jorge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: CANOPY REMOVAL; KELP FOREST; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; NOTOTHENIOIDS; SUB-ANTARCTIC FISH; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Austral; Fernandez; Holdfast; Romero; Antarc*; Polar Biology; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150962

The fish fauna associated with a Macrocystis pyrifera forest and the effects of the canopy removal on this fauna were studied in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego. Seasonal changes and differences in the fish communities that inhabit the canopy and the holdfast were also studied. Two patches of k...