Kelp forests and barren grounds: phlorotannin production and holdfast community structure in the Aleutian dragon kelp, Eualaria fistulosa

• Main Author: Schuster, Martin D.
• Other Authors: Konar, Brenda, Iken, Katrin, Coyle, Kenneth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: kelps; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; kelp bed ecology; Fairbanks; Holdfast; Archipelago
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11324

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2012 The canopy forming kelp Eualaria fistulosa inhabits two organizational states throughout the Aleutian archipelago, kelp forests and barren grounds. Urchin abundance and behavior determines which state dominates in any given area. Sporophyll phlorota...