Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Smith, SD, National Marine Science Centre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2002
• Subjects: Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology); Fuller; Holdfast; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/249

Kelp rafts were surveyed during three summer traverses between Hobart and Macquarie Island (subAntarctic) to determine the potential for dispersal of kelp-associated macroinvertebrates across the latitudes of 46–53°S. Rafts of Durvillaea antarctica dominated the sightings (94% of rafts) and extrapol...